October Spore - Thought for Food

Join us at the Yabba Pot at 2433 St. Paul Street in south Charles Village for a night of vegan food (sample for your entrance cost Yabba Pot goodness) poetry, artwork, lecture, and discussion.

In the last fifty years, the meteoric rise of agribusiness has wreaked havoc upon our global food supply. Corporate entities like Monsanto and Cargill are wiping out agricultural diversity with monoculture crops, bankrupting small farmers with unsustainable practices, toxifying our waterways with pesticides and fertilizers, treating animals cruelly, and endangering the web of life with genetically modified foods.
But a growing movement is striking back and taking action to maintain our food security in the 21st Century. These “greenhorns” are creating CSAs, tending rooftop gardens, building aquaponic systems, learning permaculture principles, starting Transition Towns and eco-villages, urban homesteading, saving seed varieties, and practicing slow food ethics to ensure agricultural sustainability. In this Spore, we will explore and discuss the alternative food networks cropping up in our local communities, as well the importance of nutrition in our lives.