The Social Welfare Action Alliance (SWAA)

will be presenting a FREE screening of The Future of Food on

Thursday, March 1^st at 6:30 PM in room 103 of Kottman Hall.

Did You Know?

—The average food product travels between 1,500 and 2,000 miles before we eat it.

—Corporations have the power to patent life (this includes seed), despite our forefathers purposely excluding it from the Constitution.

—Monsanto (one of the world’s largest seed producer) has sued hundreds of small farmers throughout the US and Canada because Monsanto’s patented seed has appeared on their land (even if the seed appeared without the consent or knowledge of the farmer).

—Seed producers, in collaboration with the US government, have created a seed that becomes sterile after one growing season. If cross-breeding occurs between this Terminator Gene Seed and other local seed the communities could face insufficient seed production, leading to possible food shortages.

Following the movie, Noreen Warnock of The Greater Columbus Foodshed Project will speak about issues such as the importance of regional food system development. After, feel free to mingle with the Simply Living, The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association and other groups who will be tabling and providing information on locally sourced food.

There will be FREE FOOD

and refreshments provided by

The Clintonville Community Co-op

OTHER FILMS

There will be a series of lectures/films sponsored by the Social Responsibility Initiative in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the Greater Columbus Foodshed Project of Simply Living:

-Nikki