Grow Youngstown Film Series
by Cherise Benton - April 8th, 2010.Filed under: Events.
A message from our good friends at Grow Youngstown:
Grow Youngstown has organized a film series, The Real Dirt on Food, featuring documentaries and discussions about how our food is grown, the value of community-supported agriculture, and food policy. The first film, Dirt! The Movie, will be screened at the Lemon Grove Café, 122 West Federal Street, in downtown Youngstown, on Monday, April 12, at 7 pm. Dirt! The Movie explores how soil affects our environment, economy, and society. Narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis, the film presents the work of experts from around the world whose research and activism examines and promotes respectful, mutually beneficial uses of soil. Vince Trinckes, a member of Grow Youngstown’s board and a retired technician for the Mahoning County Soil & Water Conservation District, will lead discussion after the film.
The series will continue in May, with a screening of The Living Land on Wednesday, May 12, in the Radius Room of the Davis Center at Fellows Riverside Gardens. Additional films will be screened at other local venues in June and July. Admission to the films is free, though participants are encouraged to make a donation to support Grow Youngstown. The film series is made possible with support from the Sisters of the Humility of Mary with their commitment to EcoSpirituality and EcoJustice.
Along with promoting thoughtful discussion about where our food comes from and why it matters, the gatherings will provide information about Grow Youngstown. The local non-profit organization aims to create a healthy, socially just, economically viable, and inter-dependent local food system and to promote the sustainable growth of food, forest, forage, and fuel. Along with increasing awareness of these issues, Grow Youngstown pursues projects that give local residents opportunities to take action. Its community-supported agriculture program makes it easy for Youngstown area residents to purchase produce from local farms, while its urban agriculture efforts are building community gardens and small-scale farms within the city. To learn more about Grow Youngstown’s projects, visit the website, growyoungstown.org.
For more information on the film series, contact Barbara O’Donnell, 330-565-8417, bodonnell@humilityofmary.org.