12th Annual Farm and Film Gala April 10, 2019

Co-presented with Sooke Region Food CHI

6:30-7:45 – in the theatre foyer: vendors of all things from and for the farm and garden, information tables from community organizations, tea, coffee and goodies made by the EMCS Culinary Arts students (by donation).

 7:45-9:00 – in the theatre:  film and gift baskets. 

“After Winter, Spring” is a film about a small rural community in the Perigord region of southwestern France, cultivated for over 6000 years caught between their traditional ways of farming and an uncertain future.  Their story is beautifully and lovingly filmed and recorded by one of their neighbors, filmmaker Judith Lit.  Through the compelling stories of these hard-working farmers inextricably connected to their land and their animals, the film explores the nature of small farmers and the rapid changes of the last 2 decades that have impacted the lives of farmers whose survival is tied to the land.

“This film is never less than a pleasure to watch” Brian Miller, Seattle Weekly

Vendors and community groups attending: ALM Farms, Full Circle Seeds, Bountiful Bay Farm, EMCS Home Ec students, Habitat Acquisition Trust, Honestly Tea, Metchosin Farm, Sea Bluff Farm, Sheila’s Coastal Crunch, Three Sisters Farm, Pesticide Education Group, Zero Waste Sooke, Sooke Fall Fair.