PETERBOROUGH — To build momentum for the July 21 Monadnock Rotary Local Food Growers Tour, participant and co-housing development Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm on Steele Road has planned the Local Food Film Series.

“We thought it would be fun. And a film can be a great jumping off point for discussing local food issues, like, where is our food coming from? Is it coming from California or is it coming from our region? — which we think is important,” said Richard Pendleton, a Nubanusit resident and an organizer of the film series.

The film series runs the next three Thursdays, July 5, 12 and 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Nubanusit Neighborhood Common House.

The first film, “Ingredients,” is scheduled to run this Thursday, showcasing the burgeoning new partnerships between chefs and local farmers.

On July 12 the series continues with “The Real Dirt on Farmer John.” This film turns the preconceived notions of what it means to be a famer in America in its head, according to Pendleton.

On July 19, the series concludes with “Greenhorns,” which tells the stories of young farmers resettling the land and moving back into the “heart of the American food landscape.”

Pendleton said the film-goers are welcome to stay after the movie for casual discussion about the films.

“It’s another way for people to participate in the farm tour,” he said.

Saturday, July 21, the Monadnock Rotary Club is holding its second annual local food tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Farms in Antrim, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Hancock, Harrisville, Nelson, Peterborough and Temple are participating.

Each location plans to hold farming demonstrations.

Participating farms are a mix of commercial enterprises like the Connolly Brothers Dairy Farm in Temple, CSAs like Nubanusit in Peterborough and backyard gardeners in the region, said Monadnock Rotary member Margaret Baker.

“The idea is that we know that there are all these people around the area gardening and growing their own food, and then there are these really great CSAs and commercial farms that are providing food for the community, and we thought, wouldn’t it be so much fun to make a tour out of it,” she said.

The tours are self-guided. Tickets cost $10 per person or $20 per carload.

Tickets can be purchased at Agway, Steele’s Stationers, Toadstool Bookshop, the Peterborough and Keene chambers of commerce and online at www.monadnockrotary.org.

Money raised by the tour is to be donated to the Cornucopia Project and the soon-to-be-open Monadnock Food Coop in Keene.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for people to witness first hand local food growing operations on different scales that are happening in the Monadnock region,” Pendleton said.

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