GOOD GRAIN Film Screening

Join us at the Rodale Institute for a screening of GOOD GRAIN with filmmaker Jared Flesher & NOFA NJ on February 25, 2026 at 6 PM.

Imagine: Next door lives a hardworking organic farmer. Each summer you watch majestic fields of wheat mature from green to gold. And then the harvest.

At a new stone mill down the road, a miller grinds the farmer’s wheat into whole grain flour, sold just days old at the local market. At a small bakery on Main Street, a sourdough baker sells artisan loaves. At the corner pub, a craft brewer pours pints brewed with local ingredients.

It all tastes amazing.

Once upon a time, American communities were centered around their farmers, millers, and food artisans. GOOD GRAIN is the comeback story of the local grain movement, as found in New Jersey, the original Garden State.

About the Filmmaker

Jared Flesher is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose short and feature films explore a wide range of environmental subjects. Jared has been called “New Jersey’s leading environmental documentarian” by the NJ Society of Professional Journalists. He was the recipient of an Artist Fellowship for Film & Video from the NJ State Council on the Arts in 2024. In 2022, his film Pine Mud won the Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award for Documentary.

Jared is a former editor of Edible Jersey magazine, and has contributed reporting to news outlets such as the New York Times Online and Wall Street Journal Online. He regularly creates multimedia content for the Princeton University Office of Sustainability.

This gathering is designed to bring together farmers, millers, brewers, buyers, and other supply-chain partners from both sides of the Delaware River to connect, share insights, and explore opportunities for collaboration. Lite bites and refreshments will be provided.

Details
Date: February 25, 2026, 6 PM

Stay for a Q&A with filmmaker Jared Flesher and Scott Morgan, Owner/Operator of Morganics Family Farm in Hillsborough, NJ

Location:
Rodale Institute Theater, Pennsylvania

Cost: FREE

Registration

This work is supported through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP). TOPP is a program of the USDA Organic Transition Initiative and is administered by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP).