Monday, July 30, 2012

PAST: FILM + FOOD: BloomScreen presents “What's on Your Plate?” Film Screening at BloomBars + Free Organic Food! TUES, July 30th from 7:00pm - 9:00pm, All ages, by donation


BloomScreen presents: “What's on Your Plate?” film + Free Delicious Organic Food
Tuesday, July 30th
7:00pm - 9:00pm
All ages, by donation, $10 suggested, please give as you are able, this week, free organic food provided!
Join BloomBars and Cultivating Intergenerational Leaders for delicious free organic food and a great movie, as they present…What's on Your Plate? (2009, 76 min), by Catherine Gund – is a witty and provocative documentary about kids and food politics. Over the course of one year, the film follows two eleven-year-old multiracial friends from NYC as they explore their place in the food chain. Sadie and Safiyah talk to food activists, farmers, and storekeepers as they address questions regarding the origin of the food they eat, how it’s cultivated, and how many miles it travels from farm to fork. Sadie and Safiyah formulate sophisticated and compassionate opinions about urban sustainability, and by doing so inspire hope and active engagement in others. The film will be followed by a Q&A discussion with local anti-hunger, child food activists.

Cultivating Intergenerational Leaders, is a summer intergenerational program in Washington, D.C., that will use the community food system as a tool to give youth and college students the opportunity to build life skills such as active learning, self-reliance, and healthy living. This project seeks to create a more sustainable food system in DC by empowering those directly impacted by the negative effects of the industrial food system.

3222 11th St NW
Metro: Columbia Heights, walk north on 14th one block to Kenyon, turn right, walk over to 11th, turn left

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