Wednesday, 19 April – Premiere Showing of the award-winning documentary - THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN by Taggart Siegel - 7:00-9:00 PM, Room 109, Morgan Hall, at WIU.
According to the film’s website (www.therealdirt.net), THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN is the award-winning true story of third-generation American farmer John Peterson’s hero’s journey of success, tribulation, failure and rebirth, through his childhood in the ‘50s, the tumultuous ‘60s, the hippie-influenced ‘70s, and the farm-crisis ‘80s, culminating in his transformation-based creation of a biodynamic, organic CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm serving 1500 families in the Chicago area with weekly fresh produce.