Jeff Co. Farmer Recovery Fund

Jeff. Co. Farmer Recovery Fund and Common Ground Showing

On Friday, July 18th, the Jefferson County Farmers Markets team up with the Port Townsend Film Festival to show the film Common Ground and host a farmer speaker panel supporting a new recovery grant for local farmers—the Jeff. Co. Farmer Recovery Fund. Join us for an intimate evening of tasty local snacks, learning about the importance of regenerative agriculture, and how to support our local farms through crisis.

Event:

6-8:30pm

Friday, July 18th

Port Townsend Film Festival office and theater

211 Taylor St., Port Townsend, WA 98368 

About Common Ground:

From the filmmakers of ‘Kiss the Ground’ (Netflix) comes the follow-up documentary ‘Common Ground’, winner of the Tribeca Film Festival. Common Ground is an important new documentary film that explores how regenerative agriculture can help heal the soil, our health, and the planet.

Make a Difference:

It’s hard to make a living as a farmer, even under the best conditions. Small farms, particularly new farms, operate within such tight margins that just one emergency can lead to a financial disaster. With your help, we will start a small grant program to mitigate financial fallout from situations such as crop loss from extreme weather, equipment or infrastructure damage, or loss from fire, flood, or heavy snow, or predator-related livestock loss. This small grant program will strengthen local food security and make farming a more sustainable part of our local economy by supporting Jefferson County Farmers Market farms when they experience a crisis.