Food Fights for the 21st Century: Women’s Voices Driving Change

Food Fights for the 21st Century: Women’s Voices Driving Change 
Tuesday, Jun 24 2014
6:00pm
SF Commonweath Club Office
595 Market St., 2nd Floor, San Francisco CA 94105
(415) 597-6700
San Francisco, CA


Deborah Koons Garcia, Filmmaker, Director, Symphony of the Soil and The Future of Food
Zen Honeycutt, Founder and Executive Director, Moms Across America
Judi Shils, Executive Director and Founder, Teens Turning Green
Christie Dames, CEO, TechTalk/Studio; Co-author The Unruly Guide – Moderator

There’s a new culture of food developing in America and around the world. Food experts, particularly women, are finding their voices and engaging with corporations, governments and media aiming to create a healthier, less toxic and more nutritious future for their children and beyond. Learn how grassroots organizations, writers, filmmakers and local communities are mobilizing to ensure, enhance and accelerate this new understanding and approach to our relationship with food.

MLF: Business & Leadership
Location: SF Club Office
Time: 5:30 p.m. networking reception, 6 p.m. program
Cost: $20 non-members, $8 members, students free (with valid ID)
Program Organizer: Kevin O’Malley

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El Cerrito’s Environmental Quality Committee present Symphony of the Soil

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El Cerrito’s Environmental Quality Committee present Symphony of the Soil
June 28, 2014
Rialto Cinemas Cerrito, El Cerrito, CA
Description: Join the firm maker Deborah Koons Garcia and the City of El Cerrito’s Environmental Quality Committee for a free showing of this film that uses a skillful mix of art and science to reveal soil to be a living organism that is one of the foundations of life on earth. The film inspires the understanding that treating soil right can help solve some of our most pressing social and environmental problems, including climate change, water scarcity and world hunger. A discussion with the film maker will follow after the film.
Start Time: 10:00 AM