I nominate Kelly & Gerard Dube, LaBroquerie, Manitoba (organic farmers SE of Winnipeg). Once ran a Community Shared Farming plan. Very interesting people. For the film producers, they trained or helped evaluate the applicants for a Manitoba-made pioneer-type TV series similiar to the series currently running on US PBS-TV. They farm with heavy horses, have heritage swine, etc.
Vere Scott bdnow wrote: > > >Subject: farmers' market and farmer stories wanted > >Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 11:34:59 -0400 > >X-Priority: 1 > > > >Friends of farmers' markets, > > > >Apologies for the short notice, but if you can reply to this early > >the week of the 29th, and not later than Friday the 2nd, I'll be > >grateful. > > > >I need your help in identifying the best and most interesting > >farmers' markets and food producers in the country. > > > >I'm shooting a pilot episode for a TV series called Farmers' > >Daughter, which we're hoping to sell to a US network. It will be > >similar to the 13-part British series I hosted, Farmers' Market. In > >each episode of that series, I go to a farmers' market, meet > >producers, visit a particuluar farm, learn about how the food is > >raised, and then cook something at the market. The British series > >explores food, farming, environmental, and cooking issues, from why > >buy local to why beef should be grass fed. The US series will be > >similar, though we may cook at farms, rather than at the market. > > > >For the first episode, we've chosen two farmers, one beef and one > >vegetable, who sell at a farmers' market in Northern VA, the oldest > >market in the region. We'll need ideas for another dozen episodes, > >with one market and two producers per episode. We won't do another > >Virginia farm, and we probably won't repeat beef, though there are > >many variations on vegetables we might do, so if you know an > >interesting salad greens grower, or chilli pepper master, let me > >know. > > > >I'm looking for about two dozen outstanding producers at a dozen > >farmers' markets with interesting stories for the rest of the > >series. We will need to achieve the following: > > > >a) regional spread, including variations on markets (big city, small > >town, etc) > >b) a range of produce (fish, lamb, poultry, game, mushrooms, wine, > >juice, sprouts, cheese, butter, milk, ice cream, grains, hot peppers) > >c) the producer must be bona fide, use his own ingredigents in > >processed foods (eg milk for ice cream), and sell at a producer-only > >farmers' market > > > >If the producer story is exceptional, the producer might be direct > >marketing some other way, like an outstanding CSA, or, say, a > >fisherman with her own boat who sells sustainably caught fish and is > >a great cook. Be generous with your recommendations, as long as they > >fit the theme of regional, sustainable farm produce, sold in the > >alternative, not large-scale commercial, venues. > > > >If this request could be posted in an appropriate place (like > >farmers' market organizers' offices or bulletins, the public markets > >forum, or the national network of farmers' markets), I would be > >grateful. Please forward this to anyone you know who runs an > >outstanding farmers' market or knows outstanding growers. > > > >For a posting, you can simply use this note, tweaked. Or I could > >write a 'Call for outstanding farmers' markets and outstanding > >producer stories' bulletin, with my contact details attached. > > > >I hope you can help. Thanks very much, > > > >Best wishes, Nina > > > >**************** > >NINA PLANCK > >1644 Monroe St, NW > >Washington, DC 20010-1804 > >202 232 6042 > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
