Did you have a chance to see the documentary What’s Organic About Organic when it screened in West Palm Beach yesterday at the Slow Food Glades to Coast Leadership Meeting? If you missed it, or want to see it again, and are up for a drive to Punta Gorda, check this out:
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Activities at 6:00 p.m. Screening at 7:00 p.m.
Come make organic candied apples, enjoy organic popcorn and watch a film with the Director, Shelley Rogers and Character and Co-Producer, Marty Mesh! Community discussion will follow the screening. This event is a FUNdraiser for Florida Organic Growers (FOG). $20/person, kids under 12 enter free.
About the film:
Directed by Shelley Rogers, this film rings the alarm for the need to develop an ecological consciousness. The film illustrates that the organic food debate extends well beyond personal choice and into the realm of social responsibility. Each of the film’s characters is intimately connected to the organic world; they’re farmers, activists, and scientists. While many folks can easily endorse “organic,” the characters in the film take the discussion beyond just shopping for another eco-label.
As we glimpse into each of their lives, we see how organic agriculture has the potential to solve many of our environmental and health problems. The film will explore how organic farming can be used as a soil and air protection system, a healthy solution to toxic pollution, and an innovative means to combat global warming.
What’s Organic About “Organic”? delves into the debates that arise when a grassroots agricultural movement evolves into a booming international market. As the film moves from farm fields to government meetings to industry trade shows, we see the hidden costs of conventional agriculture. We also see how our health, the health of our planet, and the agricultural needs of our society are all intimately connected. The film compels us to look forward, towards a new vision for our culture and encourages us to ask, “How can we eat with an ecological consciousness?”
Location:
Worden Farm
34900 Bermont Road
Punta Gorda, Florida 33982
(941) 637-4874
office@wordenfarm.com
If you’re not able to travel, buy your own DVD here. Put the word out and host your own screening. Each copy comes with a public screening license, and the cost varies by the size of the audience.
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