Slow Food North Shore is joining Cinema Arts Centre in co-sponsoring the film Organic Rising on Tuesday May 5th at 7:30pm.
Please join us for a screening of this great film about organic agriculture and conventional agricultures impact on the environment.
U.S. consumers see the USDA organic label every day, yet few understand what it truly means. Director (and Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award winning journalist) Anthony Suau offers a clear, comprehensive guide to the history of organic farming, its regulations, and the practices behind the food we buy. To define organic, the film also examines what it is not, turning a critical eye toward conventional agriculture through farmers and leading scientists. Their research on the human and environmental effects of synthetic pesticides is deeply unsettling. Organic Rising demystifies the system, empowering viewers to make informed choices about the future of agriculture. The film’s Executive Producer is Deepak Chopra, and the film features such notable figures in the organic food movement such as superstar chefs Dan Barber (Blue Hill at Stone Barns) and Sean Brock (founder of Husk, South Carolina), Winona La Duke, Long Island’s own Fred Lee of Sang Lee Farms in Southold (and the Northport Farmers Market), Maria Rodale (Rodale Institute), Vandana Shiva (author and environmental activist par excellence), and the dearly departed Fred Kirschenmann (former director of the Aldo Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Board President of the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture) and Ronnie Cummins (co-founder, Organic Consumers Association/OCA). (2023, 130 mins)
Here is the link for more information and to buy your tickets.
I hope to see you there.
