Last minute notice: 2 Detroit ag films tonight & tomorrow
Sorry for the late notice! Got the following tip a while back:
Earth Week: Detroit agriculture film screenings
Grown in Detroit tells the story of the heroic efforts underway at the Catherine Ferguson School to redeem the city’s young and its land. Students at the Catherine Ferguson School are working to change those statistics as proud urban gardeners learning to cultivate the land and feed their families.
Thursday, April 22nd. 6:30 pm. Andover Newton Theological School’s Wilson Chapel in Newton. Join Principal Asenath Andrews for a screening, fundraiser and reception of Grown in Detroit, featuring her Detroit school and farm for teen moms.
Tickets available at www.lizwalkerjourneyproductions.org
Friday, April 23rd. 6-8 pm. MIT. EG&G Education Center, Room 101, Cambridge.
The Tufts Food System Planning Coalition and Planners Network Boston Chapter presents a special screening of Grown in Detroit and Detroit:green + a panel discussion about the role of agriculture and justice in community development and urban revitalization.
Panelists include:
Julian Agyeman, moderator (Tufts Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Department Chair)
Matt Kochka (reVision House Urban Farm)
Alice Leung (Top Sprouts)
Betsy Johnson (Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness, South End/Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust)


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