South Bronx Food & Film Expo: December 5, 2009
Our colleagues at THE POINT, a South Bronx Community Development Corporation, sent us the following flyer for the South Bronx Food & Film Expo, this Saturday, December 5th (noon to 5PM).
Their announcement reads:
If you are interested in growing your own food, or having better access to healthy food, or getting involved with changing current food policies, this is the event for you! Our expo features groups that can help you do all this and more. Or if you simply want to come sample free local healthy foods, maybe learn a thing or two, and watch a few great films, you are welcome as well!
Rethinking the way we eat
This event will showcase some of the activism around rethinking the way we produce and consume food.
- Urban Farming, one of the sponsors, is an organization that promotes the use of urban spaces to plant gardens. They have developed the concept of vertical farming - “edible” food-producing wall panels mounted on walls of buildings, growing fresh produce (without the use of pesticides).”
- Bascom Catering will be providing free, locally-sourced Vegan lunches.
- Short films from the Bronx will be showcased. As an example, this link shows a shortened version of an urban farming video made at the Point.
- Two feature films will be shown. What’s on Your Plate? and FRESH! What’s on Your Plate? is a documentary that follows two eleven year old NYC girls as they try to figure out how food gets onto their plates. FRESH! focuses on the efforts of activists across the country to “reinvent the food system.”
- An interactive expo will feature groups from the South Bronx and beyond that grow and supply healthy local food, and fight for change in food policy.
Details: This event is free, but there is a $10 suggested contribution. Food/clothing donations are encouraged. Childcare will be provided. For more information, contact: Adam, actionatthepoint@yahoo.com
For more information on local food activism, consult some of our earlier posts on food and nutrition.
posted by Matt Anderson, MD
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