March 9: The Garden documentary/discussion at Mills College Oakland

[Guest guest]

EVENT: " Food Matters " collaboration presents " The Garden " Documentary- The Rise

and Fall of the Country's Largest Urban Farm

DATE: March 9, 2010 (Tues.)

TIME: 6:30 pm - 8:45 pm

LOCATION: Student Union, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd

Oakland, CA 94613

CONTACT: Christina McWhorter, cmcwhort, 510-430-2230

DETAILS: How do Community Gardens and Urban Farms connect to cultural identity,

food access and community well-being? What role do politics, money and land-use

play in urban agriculture? Please join us for the screening of this

award-winning documentary, followed by a community discussion addressing these

important questions and more. This event is co-sponsored by the Public Policy

Program, the Mills Community Garden Group and Earth CORPS, as part of " Food

Matters, " a semester-long campaign to address issues around food access and

justice. This event is free and open to the public.