[TheUWfarm] "American Meat" Documentary Screening Tonight!

Hey everybody,

Check out this awesome (and FREE) documentary screening tonight in Kane Hall! Come at 6pm for a meet and greet with some of UW's coolest food related student organizations, or show up at 7pm for the film! 

Hope to see you there!

 

 

The AMERICAN MEAT documentary tour is coming to UW on Tuesday, November 13^th! Join us for a free public screening sponsored by the Real Food Challenge at UW and Chipotle Mexican Grill.

WHO: UW community and greater Seattle area
WHEN: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13^th @ 6:00 PM
WHERE: Kane Hall Room 210 (UW Campus)

SURPRISE: Free chipotle burrito gift card!

 

RSVP at our Facebook event here.

It's time for a REAL look at things. The UW campus will be host to one of ten public screenings being organized around the country to reveal what meat production in this country looks like for farmers. This screening will feature a post-film guest panel, at which you will have the opportunity to learn from and speak directly with:

-Graham Meriwether, director of "American Meat" and the Leave It Better production company
-George and Eiko Vajkovich, grass-based farmers of Skagit River Ranch
-Megan Carney, postdoctoral scholar in the UW Medical Anthropology and Global Health Program
-Stephanie Robinson, UW student and Real Food Challenge activist
-Charmaine Slaven, co-founder of the Seattle Farm Co-op

American Meat is a pro-farmer look at cattle, hog, and chicken production in the U.S. The film examines our current industrial meat system not through hidden cameras but through the eyes of the farmers who live and work in its feedlots and confinement feeding operations. The documentary then depicts the burgeoning sustainable, local-food movement made up of farmers, food advocates, chefs and everyday folks who are changing everything about the way meat reaches the American table. The film exposes challenges relevant to both conventional and alternative meat production. Three core actionable principles guide the Young Farmers Screening Series: thank America's farmers; support young farmers; and food choices matter.

This is more than a documentary film: this is a social change film, and it is sweeping the country in some of the hotbeds of debate around agriculture. We welcome your inquiries and can arrange interviews with the film director, Graham Meriwether, remotely or in person.

 

 

We will see you there!

 

 

Real Food Challenge at UW

rfc.at.uw@gmail.com

 

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