Homegrown: The 21st Century Family Farm

Please join us on Monday, October 5th at 7 pm at the Studio Cinema for a presentation of "Homegrown: The 21st Century Family Farm". The Dervaes family turned their yard in the heart of urban Pasadena into a small organic farm. While living "off the grid," they harvested over 6,000 pounds of produce on less than a quarter of an acre, make their own bio deisel, power their computers with the help of solar panels, and maintain a web site that gets 4,000 hits a day.

The film is an intimate human portrait of what it's like to live like Little House on the Prairie in the 21st Century. The film will be preceded by the shorts Hot Bread Kitchen, about a business that enhances the future for immigrant women and preserves baking traditions in New York; and Vive La Food, a portrait of two French chefs who immigrated to Sacramento, CA to open their own restaurants. The film will also be followed by a satellite discussion with Homegrown's Jules Dervaes.

Homegrown is presented in conjunction with One Book One Belmont and the Belmont World Film. Tickets are $10, or $8 for students and seniors. Advanced tickets are available at the Studio Cinema box office at 376 Trapelo Road, Belmont, or at http://www.mktix.com. For more information please call 617-484-3980 or visit http://www.belmontworldfilm.org.