The Garden screening on 4/30 in Oakland Grand Lake Theater

[Guest guest]

Free screening of the film " The Garden "

Thurs., April 30, 2009

6 pm – 10 pm

Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610 USA

Come view the screening of this 2009 Academy Award Nominee for best documentary

feature, followed by a panel discussion with the Garden Farm leaders, Rufina

Juarez and Tezozomoc. This event is sponsored by The Public Health Institute,

The Oakland Food Policy Council, and The California Food and Justice Coalition.

http://www.foodfirst.org/en/events

 

Donations to Food First by April 30, 2009 will be matched by Alan Shawn

Feinstein, who is again giving $1 million to organizations fighting hunger in

the U.S., as he has for the past eleven years.

https://www.foodfirst.org/en/donate

Food First is building the Oakland Food Policy Council to increase access to

healthy food for every Oakland resident.

Gardeners and small farmers in the U.S. and worldwide are ready and willing to

grow sustainable, agroecological crops for local markets. Studies show that they

can meet the need, but to do that they will need access to the same kind of

structural support given to big agribusiness.

The continuing food crisis, made worse by the financial crisis points to food

sovereignty for each nation. Industrial food products and global food trade are

not meeting the food needs of the poor—in U.S. or anywhere in the world.

Support the underserved communities, food activists and millions of farmers

worldwide who are working to take back our food systems, improve livelihoods,

and provide everyone with safe, nutritious food at prices we can afford.

www.foodfirst.org