Urban Farming Film Growing Cities Next in Environmental Series

The next film in The Elements: An Annual Environmental Film Series will be Growing Cities.  The screening will be held Monday, February 4, 2019 at 7pm at Wesleyan's Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace, Middletown, CT.  Parking information and directions can be found here.  As always, the film is open to the public and free of charge.  

Growing Cities is about urban farming in America and how much power it has to revitalize our cities and change the way we eat. 

"From rooftop farmers to backyard beekeepers, Americans are growing food like never before. GROWING CITIES tells the inspiring stories of these intrepid urban farmers, innovators, and everyday city-dwellers who are challenging the way this country grows and distributes its food. From those growing food in backyards to make ends meet to educators teaching kids to eat healthier, urban farmers are harvesting a whole lot more than simply good food."
 

More information and a Growing Cities trailer can be found at www.collectiveeye.org/products/growing-cities-educational.  

Following the film, we welcome you to stay for an informal discussion led by Gabe Russo of Forest City Farms in Middletown.  

The final film in the 2018-2019 series will be: 

Anthropocene, April 1, 2019 at Middlesex Community College, Chapman Hall, about the potential of a new geological epoch coined the Anthropocene, describing a planet shaped more by mankind than by nature (www.anthropocenethemovie.com) 

We hope you can join us for one or both of our upcoming films!  Please phone the Conservation District office for more information at 860-346-3282. 

The Elements: An Annual Environmental Film Series, begun in 2015, is sponsored by the Connecticut River Coastal Conservation District, Middlesex Community College Environmental Science Program, The Rockfall Foundation, and Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts, College of the Environment, and College of Film and the Moving Image.