Sustainable Table Brings
Eco-Friendly, Food Message To The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
For more information, or campfire or grilling recipes
please contact:Denise Hughes @ (917) 549-2621,
Or Denise@creative-connectors.com
New York City, May 30, 2008—Sustainable
Table, the creator of the animated short film series, The Meatrix, is going on the road again, headed to
this year's Bonnaroo
Music Festival in Manchester,
Tennessee. Founder/Director, Diane Hatz, and Moopheus, the larger than
life, trench-coat-clad cow and superhero star of The Meatrix,
will bring festival goers an urgent message—"Eat locally grown,
sustainably raised foods to help save the environment." 2008
is emerging as the year of ethical eating. Local food is becoming an
important part of the consumer food market as consumers want to know
more about their food -- where it was grown, what ingredients it contains,
how it was packaged, and the footprint its production left on the earth.
"By purchasing sustainable, local foods
in-season, you eliminate the environmental damage caused by shipping
foods thousands of miles, your food dollar goes directly to the farmer,
and your family will be able to enjoy the health benefits of eating
fresh, unprocessed fruits and vegetables. Buying seasonal produce also
provides an exciting opportunity to try new foods and to experiment
with seasonal recipes. And it simply tastes better!" said Diane Hatz,
Founder/Director of Sustainable Table.
Sustainable
Table and HOMEGROWN, a campaign of Farm Aid, are teaming up to send a message of food sustainability
and stewardship of the environment to people at this year's Bonnaroo
festival. Sustainable Table believes that people can still eat
sustainably when camping, whether at festivals or in the woods, as well
as at summer barbecues and picnics. The program will share sustainable
campfire and grilling recipes which will be posted online at Sustainable Kitchen.
Farm Aid's HOMEGROWN will offer a friendly
gathering place for Bonnaroo concert goers who cook, grow, share, pot
luck, and search out family farm food. "We look forward to meeting
up with folks in person at Bonnaroo, and will continue the conversation
online at HOMEGROWN.org!" said Cornelia Hoskin, HOMEGROWN Shepherdess.
To better educate festival goers about
sustainable farming and food, Bonnaroo will show The Meatrix
in one of their tents, and Sustainable Table will join a panel
at Bonnaroo's Academy on Saturday, June 14th, from 6-7:30pm
to talk about the benefits of local sustainable food. "You'll
find Moopheus bringing his message to people onstage and inside Planet
Roo, the green section of Bonnaroo. Most summer music festivals take
a large toll on the environment. They create mountains of waste, use
food from afar, large amounts of electricity, and tidal waves of plastic
water bottles. I think it's commendable that the organizers of Bonnaroo
are helping build an eco-friendly and more responsible festival.
More musicians and festival organizers should follow their lead by backing
the local community and trying to do as little harm to the environment
as possible," said Hatz.
You can find more information on eating seasonal and homegrown foods online. Sustainable Table will be blogging and
photo-documenting their Bonnaroo experience on The Daily Table. Please check it out.
www.sustainabletable.org
www.homegrown.org
www.farmaid.org
