'Botany of Desire' at center of Good Eatin' gathering
On November 29, 2011, the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City showed Michael Pollan’s “Botany of Desire” episode that focused on apples and presented apple-related activities as part of its Good Eatin’ series.
“Botany of Desire” showed the distribution of the apple from Kazakhstan to a fruit valued around the world. It explained the historical representations of the apple and discussed how the fruits get to the store. It also discussed the implications of monoculture and survival of the species.
“Food is a celebration of life,” says Jonathan Krausert, urban homesteader, who shared examples of his dried fruits and apple cider.
Along with the film, the evening featured apple tasting, food preservation and applesauce making.
Facilitator Joanna Straughn said that the people gathered are voting with their forks “to help support a more diverse food supply.”
The “Good Eatin’” education program is designed to help people find flavorful food that is healthy, ethical and sustainable and to build a support system for the implementation of those values.
“Ninety percent of the value of an event like this is networking,” says Carole Straughn, facilitator.
The next activity and film session focuses on “King Corn” and is scheduled for December 13, 2011 at the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City at 7:00 p.m.
This story originally appeared at examiner.com.
“Botany of Desire” showed the distribution of the apple from Kazakhstan to a fruit valued around the world. It explained the historical representations of the apple and discussed how the fruits get to the store. It also discussed the implications of monoculture and survival of the species.
“Food is a celebration of life,” says Jonathan Krausert, urban homesteader, who shared examples of his dried fruits and apple cider.
Along with the film, the evening featured apple tasting, food preservation and applesauce making.
Facilitator Joanna Straughn said that the people gathered are voting with their forks “to help support a more diverse food supply.”
The “Good Eatin’” education program is designed to help people find flavorful food that is healthy, ethical and sustainable and to build a support system for the implementation of those values.
“Ninety percent of the value of an event like this is networking,” says Carole Straughn, facilitator.
The next activity and film session focuses on “King Corn” and is scheduled for December 13, 2011 at the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City at 7:00 p.m.
This story originally appeared at examiner.com.