Meet The Farmer - Local Ecologically Grown Produce and Information

Schedule/Channels CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS for air Times of Meet The Farmer TV

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Meet The Farmer TV Series Full Length Episodes

2010-03-22T12:09:00Z

Promotion and Marketing of Meet The Farmer TV

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Meet The Farmer TV is promoted regularly in Flavor Magazine and In The Kitchen.

We were featured in Millimeter Magazine, a nationally distributed magazine and on line version can be viewed at:

http://digitalcontentproducer.com/cameras/revfeat/homegrown_video_0518/index.html

we are also on facebook, twitter and youtube. You can also watch us and interact at LiveStream.com/MeetTheFarmer.TV

and our latest http://Watch.MeetTheFarmer.TV gives an individual page to each episode of Meet The Farmer TV where we are building links and information to all the individuals and their bsuinesses that appeared in that episode.

Stay Tuned and Be A Part! We love to hear from you.

Meet The Farmer TV starts airing nationally on Sept.12th 2009

2009-09-02T20:23:00Z

P R E S S   R E L E A S E

Contact:

Frank Melli

(434) 953-5272                                                                                                            Sept.2^nd, 2009

Frank@MeetTheFarmer.TV                                                                                        FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“Meet The Farmer TV” Starts National Distribution

Starting Sept. 12^th, 2009 “Meet The Farmer TV” will be on the dish Network nationwide on channel 9415 at 6:30 PM (EST) Sat. Sep. 12^th and repeats Sundays at 2 AM, 2:30 AM 3:30 PM and 11:30 PM    Like our present cable TV distribution, Free Speech TV, is also a noncommercial channel.

Be part of this national exposure! Have your company be an underwriter (advertiser) on “Meet The Farmer TV” in sharing Virginia’s community food based-systems stories nationwide.                                                          Talk to us about meeting your advertising needs.

http://www.freespeech.org/free-speech-tv-schedule

Free Speech TV Reaches over 25 Million Homes Nationwide.

Since Dec. 2^nd, 2008, Meet The Farmer TV is distributed 7 days a week in Charlottesville and weekly to 6 more counties in VA via Cable TV reaching a cumulative audience in VA of 1.3 million homes.

Weblinks:     http://Watch.MeetTheFarmer.TV    http://MeetTheFarmer.com http://MelliProductions.com       http://livestream.com/MeetTheFarmerTV

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Washington Post Article about Local Food Hub

2009-08-27T01:26:00Z

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Garlic Mustard Pesto

2009-06-09T00:23:00Z

Garlic Mustard Pesto Recipe
4 cloves garlic

3 Tbs.garlic mustard taproot ground

¾ cup parsley

1 cup garlic mustard leaves

1 cup basil leaves

1 ½ cups olives, pitted

2 cups walnuts or pine nuts

½ cup yellow miso

1 ¼ cups olive oil

Blend all ingredients together to make a paste, leaving nuts coarsely

chopped. Use on your favorite pasta or spread on toast. Makes 4 cups.

2009-04-10 Green Scene: Perriello grabs worms with bare hands by Erika Howsare

2009-01-16T12:37:00Z

Green Scene: "Perriello grabs worms with bare hands" by Erika Howsare April 10th 09:18am

On Wednesday, I spent a bit of time observing Tom Perriello as he demonstrated his interest in the topic of local food. To do so, he 1) observed rye and vetch growing outside Friendship Court, 2) earned a wooden nickel, and 3) participated in moving worms from a bin to a compost pile. Politics is so bizarre, no? ... For his own quarter-hour, Perriello was tasked with moving red wiggler worms into the big compost pile on which he stands above, so they can help break down all the decaying stuff into compost. He certainly proved his lack of squeamishness, shunning an offer of gloves. ... After that it was off to the CCDC for a somewhat more serious affair: a local food roundtable with all the heavyweights of the locavore movement: VICFA, the Local Food Hub people, the Farm Bureau, the PEC, Tanya Denckla Cobb from UVA, a bunch of farmers, the guy behind Meet The Farmer TV, Flavor magazine...only person missing was Michael Pollan. Read Full Article

2008-12-23 "A look at local food with JABA."

2008-12-20T06:46:00Z

Join us for a look at what JABA is doing with local food.

MEET THE FARMER TV: A look at local food with JABA Premieres on Charlottesville's Cable TV Ch.13 & online www.cpatv.org Tues. Dec. 23rd, 2008 6PM & repeats on Ch.10 & www.charlottesville.org/tv10 Sat. Dec. 27 at 7PM, Sun. at 10 AM, Mon., Wed. & Fri. 7PM Tues., Thurs. & the last showing Sat. Jan 3 at 10AM. This programs repeats nightly after city council programming.

Click here to order a DVD.Click here to order a DVD.

C-Ville Article on Meet The Farmer TV from week of Dec.9th, 2008

2008-12-14T22:17:00Z

C-ville Weekly attended the Premiere of Meet The FarmerTV. Read the article in their food section :
http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=141404064514682&ShowArticle_ID=11800512081134722

Meet The Farmer TV now on air 7 days a week in 6 Virginia TV markets.

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Meet The Farmer TV shows premiere first on Ch. 13 / www.cpatv.org each Tuesday at 6PM. Schedule permitting, the program will repeat on this channel at various times. Each new episode the repeats everyday starting with the following Sat. at 10 PM on Ch. 13 and on-line as listed below.

Now you can watch: "Meet The Farmer TV: Food from the Farm to the Plate"

7 days a week starting Monday Dec. 8th, 2008 on the internet and on Channel 10 of the Comcast Cable system in the greater Charlottesville area.

The times are as follows:
Starting on Saturday evening, repeating: Mon., Wed., & Fri. at 7PM
Tues., Thur., and the last showing of each weekly episode is on Sat. at 10 AM.

Check listings Sundays at 10 AM (depends on city council programming).

The program repeats nightly after city council programming.

Just go to: www.charlottesville.org/TV10
and click: "streamed live" or just click here and book mark the page.

Play: Stop the pesticides game!

2008-12-08T02:34:00Z

Flavor Magazine

2008-12-03T06:15:00Z

www.flavormags.com

Flavor Magazine is one of the underwriters of Meet The Farmer TV: From the Farm to the Plate

Suggest A Story!

2008-12-01T01:29:00Z

Surprise us. Like all journalists, we are looking for true stories, events or people that present something new, important and interesting to a VA statewide or nationwide audience.

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Give us a peg. Let us know whether the story is time-sensitive: e.g., "Witherspoon's story will be published in this week's edition of Insects Today." Or: "This would be a great story to run with the anniversary of the Meet The Farmer TV next month."

Don't write us with your opinions. This space is for story ideas, not opinions. You can send your opinions about Meet The Farmer TV programming to the info@MeetTheFarmer.TV. If you want to submit a commentary also use info@MeetTheFarmer.TV.

Please, no attachments. You cannot include any attachments with your message. You can include links to web sites. But don't just send the link. If you only write, "Hey, look at this!" and include a link, your idea will not get much attention. Pique our interest with a message.

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Business Support: Invitation to Underwriters (Click Here To Open)

2008-11-30T20:45:00Z

Becoming a Meet The Farmer TV underwriter helps build your business and your brand. Our audiences are actively engaged viewers and listeners and will appreciate your on-air message for the straightforward value of its information. They will learn who and where you are and what you do, and your underwriting credit will tell them in the most uncluttered media environment available. Underwriting is a uniquely efficient opportunity for businesses wishing to target their messages for people who value education, are engaged in or retired from professional occupations, are interested in quality of life issues and the condition of their communities--people who are not readily reached through commercial media.

According to a recent Cone Corporate Citizenship Study:

84% of people are likely to switch from one brand to another (when price and quality are equal) if the other brand is associated with a cause.

74% of people say that a company’s commitment to a social issue is important when recommending products and services to other people.

There are many ways your business or organization can support Meet The Farmer TV, by: underwriting our television programs, and pod casts, presenting a challenge grant, sponsoring an event or offering a matching gift for your employees’ contributions. Every episode of our weekly TV series Meet The Farmer TV features thoughtful underwriters supporting the local community and giving an opportunity for listeners and viewers to learn about your support.

The program is presently on the Charlottesville Comcast Cable TV System Channel 13 once a week and on Channel 10 seven days a week, which reaches 70,000 households in 6 counties of the greater Charlottesville area and simulcasts on the internet on www.cpatv.org and www.charlottesville.org/tv10. This internet distribution allows us to reach millions of households and businesses through out the world. Our marketing and promotion team is leveraging this for your advantage. Additional markets in cities through out Virginia are in development several of them have already expressed interest or started airing Meet The Farmer TV. Some of these additional TV stations in Virginia include: Richmond, Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, Blacksburg and Culpeper. Now since Sept. 2009 we are also on Free Speech TV a national TV channel 9415 on DISH Network.

Supporting Community Food-Based-Systems, encourages Access to healthy local food. To underwriting, contact us for information on current soecial underwriting opportunities you may qualify for. There are several levels of underwriting and underwriters are recognized as follows:

1 Show ........ $3,000.

2 - 3 Shows... $2,800. per show - example: total for 2 shows is $5,600., if 3 shows $8,400.

4 - 7 Shows... $2,600. " "

8 - 12 Shows.. $2,500. " "

13 - 21 Shows $2,400. " "

22 - 34 Shows. $2,300. " "

35- 56 Shows.. $2,000. "        " example: total if 35 shows is $70,000. if 56 shows it is $112,000.

Also, ask us about the different added value benefits that come with each level of commitment. We appreciate your support of Meet The Farmer TV!

To learn more, contact our Business Support through e-mail: info@MeetTheFarmer.TV or call 434-953-5272.

Print this Agreement form below:

Meet The Farmer TV Charlottesville, VA - Phone: 434.953.5272

Meet The Farmer TV, LLC Underwriter Agreement

Meet The Farmer TV (project) underwriting is between Meet The Farmer TV LLC the owner, and

Underwriter: ________________________________________________________

Contact Person: _____________________________________________________

Address: _______________________________________City_________________________St.______Zip:________

Phone: ___________________

The parties agree as follows:

The Underwriter agrees to make an investment as follows: cash/check amount: $____________________

to support the project listed on this agreement. This investment shall be in Meet The Farmer TV. All checks shall be made out to “Meet The Farmer TV.” The owner of the project is not a representative, or agent of the Public Access Television of Charlottesville VA, FSTV or any other TV station. This investment will support “out-of-pocket” expenses that the OWNER may incur in producing the project, such as videotape, props, set pieces, publicity, license fees, promotion and advertising, websites, production services etc.

The Underwriter’s investment may be acknowledged at the beginning and the end of the supported program according to the following:

1 Show ........ $3,000.

2 - 3 Shows... $2,800. per show - example: total for 2 shows is $5,600., if 3 shows $8,400.

4 - 7 Shows... $2,600. " "

8 - 12 Shows.. $2,500. " "

13 - 21 Shows $2,400. " "

22 - 34 Shows. $2,300. " "

35- 56 Shows.. $2,000. " " example: total if 35 shows is $70,000. if 56 shows it is $112,000.

All underwriting spots: 10 secs. or less, video graphic at the beginning and end of the program with a value-neutral description of the Underwriter’s business. The Underwriter’s phone number and website address may be included. Ask us about the different added value benefits that come with each level of commitment. Underwriting acknowledgements must conform to the following conditions:

• Must acknowledge the Underwriter’s support of Access and the project.

• Must be no longer than ten (10) seconds in length.

• May include a brief generic, value-neutral description of the Underwriter’s business.

• The Underwriter’s address, and website address may be included.

• The following content is not allowed:

• Slogans

• Calls to action of any kind (i.e. “stop by,” “call for more information,” “try our product”)

• Qualitative or comparative language (i.e. “we are the best”)

• Inducements (i.e. “six months’ free service”)

• Opinions/Viewpoints

• Prices of any kind

• Support or opposition of a candidate for public office

This acknowledgement shall be produced by the owner of the project and may be subject to the approval of the Underwriter.

Air Date Starting: _____/_______/_______ Last Air Date: ______/_______/_______

Printed: _______________ Signed:__________________________ (Underwriter) Date: ____/____/_______

Printed: _______________ Signed:__________________________ (Owner) Date: ____/_____/_______

Meet The Farmer TV, LLC Charlottesville, VA Tel: 434-953-5272

11/09

Press Release -- Premier Live Screening Tuesday Dec.2, 2008 5:30 - 7PM Campbell Hall

2008-11-29T12:29:00Z

Press Contact:
Frank Melli
frank@MeetTheFarmer.tv
434. 953.5272

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Charlottesville, VA – Live Launch of Meet The Farmer TV: From the Farm to the Plate a new locally produced television series celebrating the local foods of Central Virginia.

Event Details:
The launch of the Meet The Farmer TV series on Tuesday Dec. 2nd, 2008 from 5:30 – 7PM -- At the lecture hall Room 158, Campbell Hall, at the School of Architecture UVA. Live screening starts at 6PM. Join us and the series host Michael Clark together with some of Charlottesville’s top authorities as we celebrate the premier of the ground breaking first episode of the series, in celebration of the local foods of Central Virginia and the power of buying local. (Guest speakers to follow 6:30 – 7 PM)

This first-time televised TV series is designed to raise awareness about some of the deeper benefits of eating locally. The program theme is From the Farm to the Plate. Come take a first hand look at local innovations in specialty agriculture and join us as we explore a wide range of ideas such as the connections between the costs of not buying local in relationship to the present economic crisis.

Starting Tuesday, December 2nd and every Tuesday at 6PM Meet The Farmer TV can be seen on Charlottesville’s Comcast Cable TV system - Channel 13 and global simulcast on http://www.cpatv.org

The series is sponsored by Planet Earth Diversified, MakiaVideo Productions, Frank Melli Productions and Flavor Magazine.

Meet The Farmer TV is hosted by Michael Clark, farmer/engineer.

First episode participants include:
Professor Tim Beatley, UVA
JABA Chef, Sarah Lanzman
Charlottesville City Counselor Satyendra Huja
And many of the key local people including chefs and farmers involved with the Central Virginia and Charlottesville area local food scene.

The Meet The Farmer TV series spun off from “Meet The Farmer” a documentary that was shown earlier this year as part of The Blue Ridge Harvest Festival in Sept./Oct. The documentary was shown at events participating in the festival, at local restaurants, at UVA, and at several of the JABA associated events including centers in and around the surrounding counties.

Professor Tim Beatley invites you to stay for a mini film festival on Sustainability including some short films on local food and some local farms immediately after the launch at 7PM in the same building - room 58.

Toon Farmer Computer Generated

2008-10-23T03:50:00Z

Computer Generated "Toon-farmer" welcomes us to meet the farmer dot TV

Fresh in The Field August 15 2008

2008-08-15T16:50:00Z

Since 1975

2008-08-02T03:35:00Z

PLanet Earth Diversified has been growing locally since 1975. See what is fresh right now.Intro to Since 1975

VSU 5th Commercial Vegetable Growers Field Day July 15

2008-07-27T14:38:53Z

VSU Field Day_0324:
Uploaded on 7/26/2008 3:15:54 PM

Andy Hankins of VSU on Randolph Farm in Petersburg discusses an upcoming VABF conference with Michael Clark of Planet Earth Diversified. Farmers from all around Virginia spent the day learning about food safety and new crops as well as how to market their Commercial Vegetable Production.

Meet The Farmer short

2008-07-24T14:28:00Z