Don’t miss the Agricultural Societies annual spring potluck this Saturday, March 24th! Details to come.

http://mvas.vineyard.net/new/programs-discussions-events-schedule/

Save the date for the 2013 Living Local Harvest Festival – Opening Night Event, Friday, October 4th and Living Local Festival, Saturday, October 5th.

Vendor sign up, special events and volunteer information will follow.

We look forward to another great event!

Ag Hall , West Tisbury , Massachusetts.

Please share this with anyone and everyone who might be interested in getting involved!

VENDOR APPLICATION HERE

FEST INFORMATION HERE

]]> http://livinglocalmv.org/2012/08/28/calling-all-locals-and-friends/feed/ 0 livinglocalmv http://livinglocalmv.org/2012/06/08/2012-living-local-harvest-fest-date-has-been-changed/ http://livinglocalmv.org/2012/06/08/2012-living-local-harvest-fest-date-has-been-changed/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:42:37 +0000 livinglocalmv http://livinglocalmv.org/?p=1180 Continue reading →]]> THE NEW OFFICIAL DATE FOR
THE 2012 LIVING LOCAL HARVEST FEST IS :

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29TH
( RAIN DATE SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 3OTH )

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28TH IS OUR 2ND ANNUAL NEWEST ADDITION TO THE WEEKEND’S FESTIVITIES WITH OUR VINEYARD STORIES EVENT HOSTED BY SUSAN KLEIN TO BE HELD AT THE AG HALL!  Details Forthcoming…

MARK THOSE CALENDARS EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!

Edgartown School’s Farm to School Project Gallery

This Saturday April 28th @ 7PM – Chilmark Comm Center

SHELFISH EXTRAVAGANZE, DANCE AND SILENT AUCTION!!!

The MV Shellfish Group is planning a benefit for April 28th at the Chilmark Community Center. We hope many will come to listen and dance to Johnny Hoy and eat freshly shucked oysters and clams. If you want to help or donate an item for the silent auction contact Amandine 774 563 0953. We already have some amazing items, stay tuned for pictures and updates….

Doors open at 7 pm. Tickets are $20. Available at the hatchery or at the door.

Snacks and drinks will be provided.

150th Fair Winners of 2011 for Junior Fruit and Vegetables
by Martha’s Vineyard Ag Fair :

JUNIOR FRUIT :

Going Local To Solve Our Global Crisis : A New Documentary To Screen In Chilmark

“THE ECONOMY OF HAPPINESS”

An award-winning documentary film, THE ECONOMY OF HAPPINESS, will be shown at the Chilmark Community Center, Saturday, April 7, with special guest Helena Norberg-Hodge, the documentary’s creator. The event, which includes a soup dinner, is sponsored by Slow Food Martha’s Vineyard

Five years in the making, THE ECONOMY OF HAPPINESS is a global tour-de-force—going beyond identifying problems, it outlines realistic solutions, drawing inspiration from the emerging worldwide movement for economic localization—urban gardens in Detroit, Transition Towns, hands-on education in Japan, community farming in India, cultural preservation in Peru. All around the world, people are resisting globalization and consolidation of corporate power  and coming together to rebuild more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm - the economics of happiness..  The film shows that the solutions to our most pressing environmental, economic and social crises can simultaneously improve our quality of life.

THE ECONOMY OF HAPPINESS features acclaimed economists, environmentalists and scholars including Vandana Shiva, Zac Goldsmith, Bill McKibben, David Korten, Juliet Schor, Richard Heinberg, Bhutanese film director Khyentse Norbu, and the first Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Samdhong Rinpoche.

“A powerful film that cuts deeply to the heart of the global crisis.  Magnificent!” says David Suzuki, television presenter and environmentalist.

Author and philosopher Joanna Macy writes: “It is good news indeed to find so persuasive an explanation of our ailing world as THE ECONOMY OF HAPPINESS.  This film connects the dots between climate chaos, economic meltdown, and our own personal suffering—stress, loneliness, and depression.”

Zac Goldsmith, a member of the UK parliament, called it “A must-see film for the future of the planet.”

Tickets for the event will be available at the door :

$5 for the film or $10 for a soup  dinner/film.

Dinner starts at 6 p.m., followed by the movie at 7;  discussion with Helena at 8.

For additional information, contact :

Slowfoodvineyard@gmail.com
or
Slow Food MV Facebook

Slow Food Contacts:
Abigail Higgins,  ahiggins@ttlc.net
Sumner Silverman, szs@comcast.net]

Film Production Contact
International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC)
PO Box 9475 Berkeley CA 94709

Official Trailer :

The Economics of Happiness – Official Trailer from The Economics of Happiness on Vimeo.