Expect more than simply “dinner and a movie” when White Oak Pastures and Savory Institute are in charge of the evening. Find out why what you eat and wear matters while noshing on fall farm-to-table fare and viewing four short films from Savory Institute at this Ponce City Market event on Friday, Nov. 4 from 6-8 p.m. There’s a whole lot of local going on here: White Oak Pastures is providing its grass-fed meats and pastured poultry for the night’s chef-grillmasters Kevin Gillespie of Gunshow, Andreas Müller of Revival, Tal Baum of Bellina Alimentari, Reid Harrison of White Oak Pastures and Jenn Robbins, and brews flow from Second Self Beer Company (which sources from local farmers). Will Harris will share his White Oak Pastures story and approach to regenerative farming, segueing into the viewing of four globe-spanning films produced by an award-winning documentary crew for Savory Institute’s project, “Eat It, Wear It, Regenerate It: Igniting a Consumer Revolution.” Leave sustained by great food and holistic thoughts prompting conscious actions. White Oak Pastures, named a Savory Global Network Hub in 2015, serves as a center for education and support of regenerative land and animal management for farmers and consumers. Buy tickets online, $35 per person includes food and two alcoholic beverages. Delve into more details on our blog.
Knowledge never tasted so good; just ask White Oak Pastures’ owner Will Harris. His Bluffton, Georgia, farm was named a Savory Institute Training Hub in 2015, and now he is bringing a worldwide event called “Eat It, Wear It, Regenerate It: Igniting a Consumer Revolution” to Atlanta. On Friday, Nov. 4, Harris will host the Southeastern premiere of the Institute’s world broadcast and has assembled a team of top chefs to put the “dinner” in his dinner-and-a-movie evening.
Chefs Kevin Gillespie and Andreas Müller (Gunshow and Revival), Tal Baum (Bellina Alimentari), Reid Harrison (White Oak Pastures), Terry Koval (Wrecking Bar Brewpub) and Jenn Robbins comprise the talented culinary team behind the food stations. Each chef will highlight a protein from White Oak Pastures for guests to enjoy while mingling, learning more from Harris about his farm’s regenerative farming methods and viewing the four short films. Beer will be provided by Second Self Beer Company. The 6-8 p.m. event takes place at The Shed at Ponce City Market. Purchase $35 tickets online (include food and two alcoholic beverages).
Walk the walk while the Savory Institute’s Allan Savory and Georgia’s own Will Harris talk the talk about holistic land management at White Oak Pastures on Saturday, December 12 at 1 p.m. Already a leader in sustainability practices, educational outreach and a provider of pasture-raised meats and organic produce, the Bluffton, Georgia farm is now a Southeastern U.S. regional Hub for the Savory Institute. Allan Savory also will speak at Andrew College in Cuthbert, Georgia on Friday, December 11 at 7 p.m. Trek over to our blog for more details and tickets ($30 per person/event).
White Oak Pastures is one of nine organizations nominated as a 2015 Hub candidate by the Savory Institute, an international, U.S.-based nonprofit that promotes large-scale restoration of the world’s grasslands through holistic management. White Oak Pastures and the other eight Hub candidates expand the roster of 20 Savory Network Hubs already providing holistic management education and support to land managers in their region. The Savory Network Hubs represent 17 countries on all six habitable continents. As a Hub candidate, White Oak Pastures will send staff to participate in advanced holistic management training, a leadership boot camp at the Africa Centre for Holistic Management in Zimbabwe and participate in October’s Savory Institute International Conference slated for San Francisco. Sustainable land stewardship is a core value at White Oak Pastures. The multigenerational family farm in Bluffton, Georgia practices the Serengeti Grazing Model, rotating complementary animals through its pastures. Learn how you can give your own homestead a sustainable edge by attending the Composting Workshop at White Oak Pastures on Saturday, February 7 from 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Register online to throw your name in the heap. $60 per person, includes lunch. Class size limited to 25 students.
