Speaker
Series at Sotterley
Sotterley Plantation is proud to partner with The Boeing Company
in announcing our fourth presentation of the 2015 Speaker Series entitled:
Film: “Ground Operations:
Battlefields to Farmfields”
Wednesday,
August 26, 2015
7:00 p.m. in the
Barn
In a world full of problems, GROUND
OPERATIONS is a story about solutions. This is a documentary film and social
action campaign that champions the growing network of combat veterans who are
transitioning into careers as sustainable farmers, ranchers and artisan food
producers.
Sgt. Adam Burke
made a promise to God. Bleeding out from a mortar hit in Iraq, Adam
promised God that if he could live to see his family one more time, he
would do something to make his life worth saving. Two years later he started
the Veterans Farm, a place of emotional solace and job training in organic
blueberry production for
disabled vets like himself. Adam is just one of the inspiring and compelling veterans
featured in the film, GROUND OPERATIONS: Battlefields to Farmfields.
Follow the
ensemble of combat men and women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan as
they share their truth: Why they joined the military, how the war experience
changed them, what the daunting return to civilian life has been like, how they
struggled to find a positive pathway forward and ultimately, when they found
organic farming and pasture-raised livestock to be an answer to a dream. Their
stories are as inspiring as they are pragmatic as they find their next mission,
food security for America.
This event is FREE to the public. Advance reservations are
required due to limited seating. Call 301-373-2280 to make your reservation.
Because
of the generous grant and continued support from The Boeing Company, Sotterley
Plantation is able to offer this important community outreach, fulfilling its
mission to preserve,
research, and interpret Sotterley Plantation’s diverse cultures and
environments and to serve the world as an educational, cultural, and community
resource.
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