 On Friday, January 20 Calvin College's Students for Compassionate Living (SCL) will present the mini film festival "Eating Well?: The Hidden Costs of Factory-Farmed Food". The festival will be held at the Bytwerk Video Theater at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. "Wegmans Cruelty" will be presented by Nicole Matthews of Compassionate Consumers and will be shown alongside films from The Sierra Club and Ohio-based Mercy for Animals.
"An important part of our mission here at Calvin is to exercise
compassion and good stewardship in our daily decision-making," said
Matt Halteman, faculty liaison for the student group. "SCL was
chartered in February, 2005 to support this mission through lectures,
films, potlucks and other events that aim to foster a redemptive
attitude toward non-human animals."
The event is co-sponsored by Farms Without Harm, a network of Michigan
groups and citizens promoting safe sustainable farming; Grand Rapids
Institute for Information Democracy, a local Media Watchdog organization
that uses media education as an organizing tool for social change; and
Uniting for Justice, a grassroots volunteer organization that promotes
protection of the earth and compassion for its sentient beings through
education and outreach.
Also showing at the film festival will be "The True Cost of Food,"
a cartoon short by The Sierra Club Consumption Committee and "The
Video the Egg Industry Doesn't Want You to See" by Mercy For Animals
in Columbus, Ohio.
Following the screening, there will be a discussion of the issues
raised by the films, featuring Nathan Runkle, founder and executive
director of Mercy for Animals, Nicole Matthews, member of
Compassionate Consumers, and Gail Philbin, coordinator of Farms Without
Harm. "We want people attending this event to understand the
importance of knowing where their food comes from," said Philbin.
"Films like these help consumers make informed choices about where
to purchase their food." |
