Symphony of the Soil played last night to an overpacked house last night on the campus of Iowa State University. 300 people squeezed into a 250 capacity lecture hall to see the newly released feature film. Students, Farmers, and Soil Scientists made up the majority population. Some farmers and interested citizens came from hours away to attend.
The Leoplod Center sponsored the screenings. Deborah was joined by farmer, philosopher, and film advisor Fred Kirschenmann on the panel after the film.
This week’s premiere at the Smithsonian Natural History museum in Washington DC was a success. The 600 seat theater was packed with soil enthusiasts of all ages. 
The panel of Deborah Koons Garcia, soil scientists Ignacio Chapela, Kate Scow, and John Reganold, farmer Zach Lester, and Fresh Farm Market Co-Director Ann Yonkers engaged the crowd in a lively dialogue after the film was finished.
Dr John Reganold describes why he first fell in love with Soil
Chef Dan Barber, of Blue Hill in New York, describes his childhood relationship to soil and the land, and how he’s integrated that understanding into his cooking.
Acclaimed writer and activist Vandana Shiva speaks about the connection of soil, mud, and the vision of the sacred earth for India.
Title: UNI Cedar Falls: Symphony of the Soil
Location: Lang Auditorium, Lang Hall, UNI, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
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Description: Special screening of Symphony of the Soil with Leopold Center for Sustainable Agricutlure
Kamyar Enshayan, University of Northern Iowa Center for Energy and Environmental Education, [email protected], 319) 273-7575
Start Time: 07:00PM
Date: March 27, 2012
Title: University of Northern Iowa Screening
Location: Lang Auditorium, Lang Hall, UNI, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 50613
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Description: Symphony of the Soil Special Screening with Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Contact: Kamyar Enshayan, University of Northern Iowa Center for Energy and Environmental Education, [email protected], 319) 273-7575
Date: 2012-03-28
Title: Iowa State University: Symphony of the Soil
Location: Auditorium, 2245 Coover Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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Description: A special screening of Symphony of the Soil at Iowa State University with Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture.
Contact: Jeri Neal, Leopold Center Ecology Initiative, (515) 294-5610, [email protected]
Start Time: 06:00PM
Date: March 28, 2012
End Time: 09:30PM
Dr. Kate Scow shares her childhood soil story and how she came to love soil.
Dr Ignacio Chapela searches for Bog Iron in a peat bog in Norway. Along the way he describes how bogs are living things living on living things- soil in one of its rawest forms.