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Hello, The following event may be of interest to you: Storyhorse Documentary TheaterGOOD DIRT Sunday, October 2, 2016 Good DirtSunday October 2, 3 pmFisher Center, Sosnoff TheatreCommunity Picnic to follow on Fisher Center Lawn"Each seed has a story. Cultural stories. Drama. Romance. Tragedy. History . . . and every time you plant a seed you're going to become part of that story . . . So it's important to know where our seeds come from. Who's growing them. And which stories we're growing in our own backyards."— Ken Greene, the Hudson Valley Seed LibraryMary Stuart Masterson and Jeremy Davidson document the lives of Hudson Valley farmers in this latest play from Tivoli-based Storyhorse Documentary Theater. Good Dirt is a multimedia performance based on interviews with six farm families, illustrating the fragility of our agricultural heritage and the need for engagement and investment in its present and future. The performance will be followed by a community picnic with offerings from many local businesses whose products celebrate the bounty of Hudson Valley farms.The farms in this piece include the Hudson Valley Seed Library (Accord), Denison Farm (Schaghticoke), Green Goats (Red Hook), Soul Fire Farm (Grafton), Tello’s Green Farm (Coxsackie), and Northwind Farms (Tivoli).Introduction by Lindsey Lusher Shute (CEP '07), Executive Director of the National Young Farmers Coalition.Read more about GOOD DIRT in this article from Modern Farmer!CEP & MBA STUDENTS AND ALUMNI: Please e-mail Caroline Ramaley for a complimentary ticket. General admission: Tickets $15–20, $5 for students with I.D.Poster available for download below. Time: 3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Location: Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater Sponsor: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard College Alumni/ae Association; Bard MBA in Sustainability; Bard Office of Sustainability; Center for Civic Engagement; Chartwells Dining Services; Environmental and Urban Studies Program; Landscape and Arboretum Program; Office of Sustainability Contact: Caroline Ramaley . E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 845-758-7348 If you would like to see more events please visit the following URL: http://www.bard.edu/bos/