Humanities and Sustainability Film Festival: The Real Dirt on Farmer John

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The doc tells the far-out tale of John Peterson, who transformed the farm that had been in his family for generations into an artists' colony in the 1970s, then rescued it from insolvency in the new millennium by turning to organic crops. Showing with the student film National Medicine: A Sustainable Alternative for Underdeveloped Countries. A discussion follows. Lattie Coor Room 174.
Thu., Feb. 12, 5:45 p.m., 2009