DOORS OPEN AT 7 PM. FILM BEGINS AT 7:30 PM
ConcordCAN and Walden Woods present the Focus on Food Film Series at the Alcott School Auditorium. Join the public conversation about our food system.
FOOD FIGHT Panelists after the film include:
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Scott Soares, Massachusetts Commissioner of Agriculture, will update issues/concerns of MA farmers and the impact of the 2012 Farm Bill; JD Kemp,CEO of Organic RenaissanceFoodEx, an innovative online food aggregator, will talk about the challenges and growth potential for traditional and alternative food distribution in our food region.
Since the Great Depression, American agricultural policy has promoted big farms and bigger food processing conglomerates that favor cheap commodities and long shelf life over fresh, healthy, flavorful food. Food Fight offers a look at how this food culture developed, the shift in values centered on local and healthy meals, and who controls our food system.
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When we walk into a super-market, we assume that we have the widest possible choice of healthy and nutritious foods. The truth is--it is neither. And it is entrenched government policy that has built, supports, and continues this dysfunctional system.
With the 2012 Food Bill on the horizon in Washington, we need to understand how this came to be. Food Fight charts the changing landscape of food politics and how individual choices resonate from the home to the community and the planet. We vote with our forks three times a day!
If Concord Schools are closed due to snow, the program will be cancelled. Info: deb01742@comcast.net
