You may have seen our rave review of Laura Dunn's touching documentary, The Seer: A Portrait of Wendell Barry after Laura invited Austin-area farmers to the film's premiere during SXSW this year. Well, we are so excited to announce that we're teaming up with Laura, Alamo Drafthouse, and the Sustainable Food Center to host our very own screening of The Seer on July 9th! We hope you and your family will join us on Saturday, July 9th at our Garfield Farm. Tickets will be available very soon through the Alamo Drafthouse page.

Whether you're Wendell Berry's biggest admirer or have never heard of the man, The Seer will change the way you eat, consume, and care about your local area farmers and farmland. And where better to watch a film celebrating farmers than on a farm... surrounded by farmers! The movie screen is going to be set up in the middle of our certified-organic 200 acres. We can't think of a better way to celebrate summer than to bring you out for this film.

Wendell Berry.

In order to bring this important story on-home, we thought it would be fitting to introduce viewers to some of Austin's own agricultural players. SFC will lead a panel discussion among local-area farmers, and hopefully set the scene for the day-to-day realities of the folks growing food in and for our community. In addition to those farmers sitting in on the panel, other farmers will be in attendance and its our hope that you meet, greet, and high-five the men and women growing food for you. As they say, know your farmers, know your food.

Proceeds from this event will help to rebuild the greenhouses at Johnson's Backyard Garden that were just destroyed by recent storms. Buy your tickets for July 9, we can't wait to see you!!

Details

Where: JBG Garfield Farm, 4008 River Rd. Garfield, TX 78612

When: Saturday, July 9

6:30 PM: Doors Open

7:30 - 8:30 PM: Panel Discussion

9 PM: Movie begins

Bring a blanket or chairs, a picnic, a cool drink, and enjoy the show! We hope the whole family will join us - kids under 12 get in FREE!

Our farm stage - soon to be big-screen!