University of The Streets Café: Is Having Control over What We Eat Just A Utopia? (at Coop la Maison verte)

How dependent are we on industrial food? Is the food you are eating safe, nutritious and wholesome? Mass-produced food, including some of the larger organic brands, may be more inexpensive and convenient than the locally grown alternatives, but what is their true cost? Are we considering all of the factors that contribute to their production, distribution, and effects on our health? How can we gain control over what we eat? This conversation will delve into the challenges facing local organic farmers, in particular the experiences of the Tourne-Sol cooperative farm, as a means of exploring some of the alternatives that are available to the dominant industrial food system. How do the different alternatives affect the environment, the health of the farmers who produce the food and those of us who eat it? http://instdev.concordia.ca/ourprograms/universityofthestreetscafe