The Savannah Urban Garden Alliance presents a film festival about our food supply and distribution systems. The films are free and open to the public and will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday evenings in February and March at the Telfair Museum at 121 Barnard Street.
Feb 10th
Fresh- “A documentary by Ana Sofia Jones that not only explains the crises facing Americans and what they eat, but more importantly, showcases farmers and purveyors actively doing things to change the broken system.” –The San Francisco Examiner
Feb 17th
Ingredients- “ A film that will make you hungry and running to the nearest farmer’s market eager to eat what’s in season and grown locally.” –Mark M Cocoran, The Independent
Feb 24th
Friday’s at the Farm- “From a simple premise- one man’s quest to get to know his food by buying a share in an organic community farm- comes this astonishingly lovely film.” -E. Giechen, Video Librarian
Mar 3rd
Dirt- A humorous and substantial look into the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will return to. Prominently featuring Vandana Shiva, keynote speaker at Georgia Organics GROW conference.
Mar 10th
Panel Discussion: Mayor Otis Johnson, Commissioner Pricilla Thomas, and local community gardners and farmers will participate in a panel discussion regarding the potential for local food production.
For further information, contact Dennis Hutton (651-1450) email: huttond@thempc.org
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