Webinar: The Future of Food - Agroecological and/or Industrial

Co-hosted by Presbyterian Hunger Program, PHP Food Justice Fellows, United Church of Canada, Food First, Food Chain Workers Alliance, and the US Food Sovereignty Alliance.

October 13, 12PM - 1PM

To kick off the Global Food Week of Action, Eric Holt-Gimenez, Executive Director of Food First and Gary Kenny, Emergency Response and International Development Coordinator of The United Church of Canada will explain agroecology, including a look at conservation farming in Zimbabwe. The presenters will highlight differences between this sustainable approach and the dominant industrial approach to food and farming - and implications on the future of food. Diana Robinson, Campaign and Education Coordinator for the Food Chain Workers Alliance, will highlight how farm workers, producers and food chain workers fare in the dominant system and how workers are resisting. Time for questions and lively discussion.

Presenters: Joann Lo, Food Chain Workers Alliance, Gary Kenny, The United Church of Canada & Eric Holt-Gimenez, Food First.
Moderated by Food Justice Fellow, Vickie Machado and Andrew Kang Bartlett.

For registration information: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/368681986