A Special CISA Event at Amherst Cinema
Tuesday, October 15th at 7pm
Tickets are available at the Amherst Cinema box office, or online at www.amherstcinema.org.
This film, co-sponsored by CISA and Amherst Cinema, explores the vital relationship between humans and bees and addresses the mysterious, drastic decline of honeybee colonies around the world.
A panel discussion, moderated by Philip Korman and featuring CISA’s own Local Hero members, Dan Conlon of Warm Colors Apiary and Ben Clark of Clarkdale Fruit Farms, will follow the film.
More About The Film: More Than Honey explores the effects of “colony collapse disorder,” a global phenomenon that is drastically reducing the world’s bee population (depending on the world region, 50% to 90% of all local bees have disappeared, and this epidemic is still spreading). Scientists and agriculturalists are worried: 80% of plant species require bees to be pollinated. Without bees, the earth could soon face a worldwide agricultural crisis.
More About The Panelists: Dan Conlon has been learning the art of beekeeping for more than forty-five years and owns Warm Colors Apiary (established in 2000) with his wife, Bonita, in South Deerfield, Massachusetts. They work as full-time beekeepers to produce honey, beeswax, and provide pollination services to Western Massachusetts orchards and farms. Warm Colors maintains 700 to 800 colonies, averaging 60-70 pounds of honey per year. Dan raises Queens and keeps a Queen yard that can produce 200-300 Queens annually.
Ben Clark is a fourth-generation farmer, co-managing Clarkdale Fruit Farms with his father Tom in Deerfield, Massachusetts. The fifth generation, Emerson, was recently born to Ben and his wife Lori. The farm practices Integrated Pest Management and is committed to sustainable growing practices. The Clarks grow over 100 varieties of apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes and cherries. Ben also serves as Vice Chair of the CISA board.
More information about CISA can be found at www.buylocalfood.org
Philip Korman, Executive Director
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA)
1 Sugarloaf Street, South Deerfield, MA 01373
