Our company is so fortunate because we truly get to work with some of the country’s very best people. All of our Realtors have many stories of amazing clients who are making a difference in the world. We are moved to tell you about Taggart Siegel.

We first heard about Taggart when our friend, and former co-worker, Sky Yeager, was turning his one man play, “Body Memories”, into a movie. Sky hired Taggart as his director. Then when we (Kundalini and Steve) were visiting Sky at his home in central Mexico a couple of years ago, we finally met Taggart and his friend, John Petersen, who owns one of the largest organic community supported agriculture farms in the US. Taggart has been filming John for about 25 years!

Well they finally finished the movie and it has been picked up by the people who distributed “What the Bleep Do We Know?” The movie is called, “The Real Dirt on Farmer John”. So far, it has won 16 awards at film festivals, and the Oregonian film critic, Shawn Levy, has put it on his top ten list for 2005! It is a story about the disappearing family farms, and of loss and ultimate redemption through community. It is terrific!

This film is only being shown in 4 cities with a very limited release, just as “What the Bleep” was scheduled. Hopefully, this newsletter will get to you in time for you to go see the movie at Cinema 21. It will run from Feb. 1st through Feb. 9th. If the film does well at the box office in these 4 cities, it will then get released nationwide! Taggart is moving his family to Portland this summer. Let’s show him how Portland supports local artists and people who are trying to bring community together. Please tell your friends.

Go to www.therealdirt.net

Steve Bennett