Eat Local Farm Tour Features 17 Farms


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he Eat Local Farm Tour, sponsored by Twin Cities-area food cooperatives, will be held on July 20. Each year, the tour highlights Minnesota farms, allowing the general public to meet directly with local producers to learn more about our local food system and its importance. This year, 17 local farms are featured.


Information about them can be found in the guidebook that is available at each of the participating coops. The guidebook comes with maps, hours and tour activities, with suggested routes for the tour. The organizers say the tour aims to provide “transparency, ethics and traceability in food production,” along with the chance to get out of town. Eleven Twin Cities-area food cooperatives sponsor the tour and have guidebooks. They are Eastside Food Co- op, Harvest Moon Co-op, Just Food Co-op, Lakewinds Natural Foods, Linden Hills Co- op, Mississippi Market Natural Foods Co-op, River Market Community Co-op, Seward Community Co-op, St. Peter Food Co-op, the Wedge and Valley Natural Foods.


For more information, visit Facebook.com/EatLocalFarmTour.Coop.


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South Indian Classical Dance Performances in Circle Pines


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ody Mind Circle


Holistic Heal- ing Center, in Circle Pines, will host two performances of the classical South Indian dance bharata natyam,


Jaan R. Freeman


performed by Jaan R. Free- man. Bharata Natyam: For


New Audiences will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on July 13 and from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on July 14.


Freeman is the founder and the artis- tic director of the Dakshina Palli, Inc., a school, dance company and cultural orga- nization in New York. Freeman’s chore- ography is a combination of the rhythmic footwork, hand gestures and expressive storytelling of bharata natyam, the most popular and one of the oldest of the Indian classical dances, and the kinetic approach of modern dance. In this unique performance, Freeman will present the interpretation and the Hindu mythology of bharata natyam, as well as interpret the poetry in the sung text. A dialogue with the artist will follow both performances, and snacks will be available for purchase during intermission. Freeman is a new-generation prac- titioner of bharata natyam and began studying the art in 1995. He has studied in the U.S., India and Montreal. His work with Dakshina Palli, Inc., helps to preserve the lineage of bharata natyam developed


by well- known Indian dancer Tanjore Balasaraswati (1918–1984). Freeman


performs and teaches all over North America.


Cost: $16 in advance; $20 at the door; $16 for seniors and


Jaan R. Freeman


students with ID. Location: Body Mind Circle Holistic Healing Center, 301 Village Pkwy., Circle Pines. Seating is limited; reservations recommended. For more information, call 612-850-0071 or visit BodyMindCircle.com.


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