Film: King Corn playing in Palo Alto Oct 30th

[Guest guest]

The film King Corn will be playing this Friday, Oct. 30th at 7:00pm in Palo Alto

at:

 

World Centric, 2121 Staunton Ct, Palo Alto CA 94306, 650.739.0699x721

 

http://www.worldcentric.org/conscious-living/films-fall-2009

 

Our World, Our Planet: From Corn to Consumption

 

October 30th: KING CORN: is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of

corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. In KING CORN,

Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to

the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly

neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and

grow a bumper crop of America's most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one

acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food

system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat-and how we

farm. (88 mins, 2007)

 

Donations requested to cover cost of films and speakers.

Films to be followed by speaker, discussion, and socializing

Seating capacity is about 70 people.

Please feel free to bring food/drinks to share and a cushion as there are a few

metal chairs.

 

Lori