Farm Hack Blog and Events- Designers Needed!

GSDers,

If there's one thing that designers are good at- it is visualization.
We can explain and diagram the sh*t out of anything.

That is why our skills can be applied to a broad range of topics including....
The FARM BILL!

Anybody going to New York around Dec. 3 can participate in the Farm Bill Hackathon.

For more collaboration between Design and Farming,
please take a look at the Farm Hack Blog on the National Young Farmer's Coalition website.

Feel free to send relevant hacks, articles, and events in their direction.

The Greenhorns Screening and After Party

The Brattle Theater was completely sold out and we had a great after party on the front porch of Gund with local Cheese donated by City Feed and Supply and local beer donated byPretty Things.

A delicious and thoughtful evening that would not have been possible without Mark Winterer from Recover Green Roofs in Somerville and a handful of very special GSD students who came out for the film and helped with the reception- Tessa Kelly, Lindsay Chandler Alexander, Alicia Taylor, Mara Kate Smaby, and Connie Migliazzo. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Finally, Dan, our fearless leader, and his associate performed live music as Cowgill Music !

Some people were unclear on how design and agriculture really fit together but for many, it is precisely the same systemic thinking that draws individuals into both or either fields (pun intended!). One farmer in the film described his education in industrial design as having taught him to "solve problems with his hands, to make things." YES

The Greenhorns Premiere! And Reception at the GSD

Start:

Wednesday, September 28th at 7:00 pm

End:

Wednesday, September 28th at 10:00 pm

Location:

Brattle Theater and Gund Hall

"The Greenhorns" documentary film is directed by Cambridge-born Severine von Tscharner Fleming. This 50-minute look into America's young farmer movement includes interviews with Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, and dozens of emerging young farmer leaders across the country. A panel of young and beginning farmers from the Greater Boston Area will follow the screening at the Brattle Theater. Following that will be an after party for mingling and more discussion at Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

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