The Global Food Crisis and Local Solutions

Co-sponsored by Grassroots International and the Oakland Institute

What is at the root of the global food crisis?

What is being done to address these problems?

How can you help?

Join us for an evening of conversation about the root causes of the global food crisis and the solutions -- including sustainable agriculture and food sovereignty -- being promoted by local communities and international social movements.

When: Wednesday, Jan. 27th, 2010
6 p.m. Reception w/ refreshments
6:30-8:30 p.m. Panel discussion

Where: Mission Cultural Center for the Latino Arts
2868 Mission Street, San Francisco
(near the 24th Street Mission BART station)

PANELISTS

Nikhil Aziz, Executive Director, Grassroots International, Boston, MA

Aldo Gonzalez, Coordinator, Union of Organizations of the Sierra Juarez of Oaxaca, Mexico (UNOSJO)

Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director, Oakland Institute, Oakland, CA

Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Senior Scientist, Pesticide Action Network North America

So that we can plan, please RSVP to: [email protected], or [email protected]; 510-469-5228