Brought to you by UConn Baile, Revolution Against Rape, and Student Farmworker Alliance, a film screening of the documentary, "Food Chains" will take place on Wednesday, March 4th from 6:30-8:30pm in the PRLACC Program Room.
The documentary highlights major human rights violations, the true cost of our food system, and the health and working conditions of migrant farmworkers. It follows farmworkers in Immokalee Florida as they launch a hunger strike at the headquarters of Publix supermarkets to protest poor wages and working conditions.
"Food Chains reveals the price paid in our food supply and the complicity of large buyers of produce like fast food and supermarkets. Fast food is big, but supermarkets are bigger – earning $4 trillion globally. They have tremendous power over the agricultural system. Over the past 3 decades they have drained revenue from their supply chain leaving farmworkers in poverty and forced to work under subhuman conditions. Yet many take no responsibility for this."
Please join us in learning more about the farmworkers that pick our food as well as an interactive discussion following the film.
This event does count as an Honors event!
Light refreshments will be provided.
For more information, contact: Lauren Pawlowski at lauren.pawlowski@uconn.edu