A Free Screening of Global Banquet: The Politics of Food

Posted by on February 10, 2006

Come join us for a free showing of “Global Banquet: The Politics of Food”

Presented by Fair Food and Mughshots CoffeeHouse & JuiceBar

When: Tuesday, February 28th 7:00pm
Where: Mugshots CoffeeHouse & JuiceBar, 21st & Fairmount, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Cost: Free

This film by Old Dog Documentaries reveals the profound negative impact of globalization on our food system. Taking examples from all over the world this video makes “difficult” issues understandable to the non-specialist, by exposing
* the underlying myths that hunger is the result of scarcity, that small countries simply can’t feed themselves, and that only market driven, chemically based, industrial agriculture can feed the world,
* how Agri-business is squeezing out small farmers and how trade liberalization, by allowing mass produced, low-cost food exports to developing countries is destroying peoples’ ability to feed themselves
* the links between food security and social development, and how women, particularly, are affected
* the altering and patenting of life forms, factory farming, and the degradation of the environment.

The video examines the ethical questions at the heart of the globalization debate and shows what farmers, laborers, environmentalists, animal rights activists, church groups and students, here and in the developing world, are doing to address the situation.