Saturday March 5th, 11 am/ Sulzer Regional Library/ Tickets
Post-film discussion with biodiversity and "slow food" panelists, including:
Michael Stein
, Food Campaigns Director, Green America.
Laurell Sims
, Slow Food Chicago, Ark of Taste; Production/Marketing Manager, Growing Power Chicago.
Alison Parker
, Farmer at Radical Root; Growing Power Board of Directors.
Facilitator:
Seamus Ford
, Co-Founder, Root Riot Urban Garden Network.
Opportunities for taking concrete action will also be shared by
Peterson Garden Project
, and others.
Sandy McLeod/ 2013/ 77 min/ Food, Agriculture
FILM DESCRIPTION: A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food. Seed banks around the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation and rioting, and the accelerating effects of climate change are affecting farmers globally. Communities of indigenous Peruvian farmers are already suffering those effects, as they try desperately to save over 1,500 varieties of native potato in their fields. But with little time to waste, both Fowler and the farmers embark on passionate and personal journeys that may save the one resource we cannot live without: our seeds. Visit Seeds of Time official site.