Image credit: F.A.R.M. means family. Photograph by Ashley Warren, 2018.

Join us for the world premiere of a documentary celebrating the first 10 years of F.A.R.M. Cafe. The film will be followed by a discussion of F.A.R.M. Cafe's impact on the High Country over the past decade.

We will be joined by the film's director and producer, Beth Davison as well as members of the F.A.R.M. Cafe team. A reception will follow the discussion with a cash bar and hors d'oeurves

About F.A.R.M. Cafe

F.A.R.M. Cafe was inspired in 2009 by a community kitchen operating successfully in Salt Lake City, Utah, called One World Cafe. A group of citizens from the High Country United Church of Christ were convinced that a similar restaurant could serve our area's unmet hunger needs while strengthening our High Country community.

After receiving untold support from our local community and pioneers in the pay-what-you-can cafe movement like Libby and Brad Birky and Denise Cerreta, F.A.R.M. Cafe was able to lease space in Boone Drug Downtown, a 100-year-old building on Boone's historic King Street in January 2012. For decades, Boone Drug's soda fountain served the community as a social gathering place, and F.A.R.M. Cafe continues that tradition through its mission

...to build a healthy and inclusive community by providing high quality & delicious meals produced from local sources, served in a restaurant where everybody eats, regardless of means.

About the speaker

Beth Davison (PhD) is a faculty member and Co-Director of University Documentary Film Services at Appalachian State University. She teaches documentary studies and research methods at the university. Her documentaries have been screened internationally and on PBS stations. She works ongoing with many community partners including her work with the National Park Service.

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