The Bakersfield Conservation Commission together with the HF Brigham Library will screen the one-hour film Eating Alaska on Sunday, January 25, 1 PM, at the Bakersfield Town Hall. Free; refreshments will be served.

"What happens to a vegetarian who moves to Alaska and marries a commercial fisherman and deer hunter?

Join her on a wry search for a sustainable, healthy and ethical meal. Women try to teach her to hunt, teens gather traditional foods, vegans give cooking lessons, she fishes for wild salmon, scrutinizes food labels with kids and finds toxic chemicals getting into wild foods. With humor and compassion, the documentary Eating Alaska shows natives and non-natives trying to balance buying industrial processed foods with growing their own and living off the land in the 21st century. Made by a former urban vegetarian now living on an island in Alaska, it is a journey into regional food traditions, our connection to where we live and what we put into our mouths."

"Eating Alaska makes us ruminate, laugh and stand in awe, all at the same time."
Gary Nabhan, Author, Where Our Food Comes From and Coming Home to Eat