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Resistance is Fertile: Stop Corporate Globalization of Our Food System
Date:
Tuesday, May 27, 2003
Time:
6:30 PM
-
8:30 PM
Event Type:
Screening
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
New College Theater
777 Valencia St.
San Francisco
RESISTANCE IS FERTILE! STOP CORPORATE GLOBALIZATION OF OUR FOOD SYSTEM!
COME AND LEARN WHAT'S GOING ON IN SACRAMENTO THIS JUNE AND HOW YOU CAN
GET INVOLVED
***BAY AREA PANEL DISCUSSION AND MOBILIZATION MEETING IN SAN FRANCISCO
ON MAY 27TH****
On June 23 25 a US government sponsored summit is being held in
Sacramento for corporate reps and government ministers from over 100
countries. Their agenda? free trade for corporate crooks, genetically
engineered food, fish and trees, food irradiation,and pesticides
Our response? A festival of diverse resistance to Monsanto and friends.
A five day convergence with workshops, education, action and more!
Come and learn more about what's going on in Sacramento this summer and
how you can plug into the resistance.
When: TUESDAY MAY 27TH AT 6:30PM
Where: NEW COLLEGE THEATER, 777 VALENCIA ST IN SAN FRANCISCO
What: A screening of FED UP (a film by Bay Area Filmmaker Angelo
Sacerdote) and a panel discussion.
Panelists:
Anuradha Mittal, co director of the Institute for Food and Development
Policy (Food First) in Oakland.
Ignacio Chapela, assistant professor in the division of ecosystem
science, University of California, Berkeley.
Wenonah Hauter, Director of the Critical Mass Energy and Environment
Program at Public Citizen in Washington, DC.
MORE ABOUT FED UP : About 70% of the food we eat contains genetically
modified ingredients and the biotech industry is spending $50 million a
year to convince us that this technology is our only hope. FED UP!
presents an entertaining and compelling overview of our current food
production system from the Green Revolution to the Biotech Revolution
and what we can do about it.
This Event is Co sponsored by:
Food First, Greenpeace, International Forum on Globalization, New
College,
Organic Consumers Association, Pesticide Action Network, Public Citizen,
Sacramento Coalition for Sustainable Agriculture,.
For more information:
organizeforsacramento@hotmail.com
415 981 6205 x383
http://www.sacmobilization.org
Added to the calendar on Tue, Feb 3, 2004 10:24AM
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