Working Group Recycling presents: The True Cost of Food
Amy Donovan, Diana Daigle, Ryan Voiland, Chris Durkin
Tue Jan 23, 12-01:00pm, 10-500, Barker Library Media Room
Single session event
Prereq: none
We vote three times a day. With every meal we can choose to help the environment, or to harm it. This class will enable you to make more informed choices by providing alternatives to buying food that has traveled hundreds or thousands of miles by plane and truck. We’ll start by showing The True Cost of Food, a 15 minute educational and entertaining DVD produced by The Sierra Club. Then Ryan Voiland, owner of Red Fire Farm in Granby, will give an overview of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), a system which directly links consumers to the farmers who grow their food. The last part of the presentation will be given by Chris Durkin of Harvest Co-op Market, and will cover cooperative markets, organic food, local options, fair trade, food irradiation, and genetic modification of food. If time allows, discussion and questions to follow.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/wgrecycling/
Contact: Amy Donovan, E25-335, x3-0009, adonovan@mit.edu
Sponsor: Working Group on Support Staff Issues
Latest update: 22-Jan-2007
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