EVENTS: The Trouble with Tomatoes

March 24, 2009

A Discussion of Workers’ Rights and Environmental Justice

March 25, 2009
The Parlor at the NYU School of Social Work, 1 Washington Square North
7:00pm

Come join Sustainable Silver and Oxfam America at NYU on the anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire as we follow a tomato from the fields it’s grown in to the salad on our plates.  We’ll be screening two short films, Coalition of Immokalee Workers vs. Taco Bell about a group of Florida tomato pickers’ struggle for acceptable working conditions, and Shame on You, a youth-made documentary about environmental justice in the Bronx.  We’ll then be joined for a panel discussion with two of the producers of Shame on You, New York City food sovereignty activist Sarah Pappas, and NYU’s own Anna Smukowski of Oxfam.  Delicious and sustainable appetizers will be served.

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Conference producers:
Baum Forum
NYC Food & Fitness Partnership

Thank you to our conference sponsors:
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
Cornell University Cooperative Extension
Green Thumb, NYC Parks & Recreation
Organic Valley
Hawthorne Valley Farm, Barilla America, Apple & Eve, The Cleaver Co.