Event

FRESH - Earth Day Celebration

Thursday, April 22 at 7:30pmMembers: $9 / Public: $13 Tickets include Film, Discussion & ReceptionBoth film receptions will have food provided by Whole Foods MarketSpeaker: To Be AnnouncedMusic at the Reception performed by HypnosmoothieFresh celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are reinventingour food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into anindustrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources,and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for the future of our food and our planet.Among several main characters, Fresh features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, the recipient of MacArthurâs 2008 GeniusAward; sustainable farmer and entrepreneur, Joel Salatin, made famous by Michael Pollanâs book, The Omnivoreâs Dilemma; andsupermarket owner, David Ball, challenging our Wal-Mart dominated economy. USA, 2009, 72 min.; Director: Ana Sofia Joanes