The Trouble with Tomatoes: A Discussion of Workers’ Rights and Environmental Justice
This Wednesday, March 25 from 7-9m Oxfam America at NYU will be hosting a discussion about tomatoes in the Parlor at 1 Washington Square North, room 101. Tomatoes may seem dull until you follow their journey.
“Come join Sustainable Silver and Oxfam America at NYU on the anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire as we follow a tomato from the fields it’s grown in to the salad on our plates. We’ll be screening two short films, Coalition of Immokalee Workers vs. Taco Bell, about the struggle of tomato pickers in Southwest Florida to acceptable working conditions and a living wage, and Shame on You, a youth-made documentary about environmental justice, air quality, and recycling in the Bronx. We’ll then be joined for a panel discussion with two of the producers of Shame on You, New York City food sovereignty activist Sarah Pappas, and NYU’s own Anna Smukowski of Oxfam.”
And of course there will be FREE food! But at this event, Green Canteen* will provide fresh and sustainable food!
*Green Canteen is an on-campus food stand that offers sustainable meals and is to be launched this fall, 2009.
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