"On Friday, October 2, FEAST is organizing a walk to the farmers' market in Eagle Rock. Later that night, Progressive Christians Uniting is hosting a movie on the green. PCU is showing the documentary The Garden at 8:00 p.m. on the Quad. This movie tells the story of the creation a fourteen acre community garden in South Central Los Angeles (the largest community garden in the U.S.) started by immigrants from Latin America and other residents after the 1992 riots and how the garden was forced to relocate after private developers purchased the land. The farm is now in Bakersfield, California.
On Saturday, October 3, FEAST is hosting a brunch in the garden using locally grown foods.
From Monday, October 5 through Friday, October 9, Campus Dining will feature foods made from local producers at the Home Style, Soup and Dessert stations.
On Monday, October 5, there is a reception and photo show featuring pictures from UEPI's Farm to School Program in the Cooler. We will hand out information about what Campus Dining is doing to support local and organic farmers and The Growers' Collaborative. We will also have information about local farmers' markets and other materials on hand.
On Thursday, October 8, Campus Dining, UEPI, and ORSL will invite students to make caramel apples outside on the Quad over the lunch hour. Half of the apples have been donated by The Growers' Collaborative and Campus Dining has purchased the other half and the caramel. A representative from The Growers' Collaborative will be available to talk about their work.
On Saturday, October 10, ORSL and PCU will take students to visit the farm featured in The Garden to learn more about community farming and to volunteer on the farm. Students interested in participating on this trip should email Rev. Blackstone at Blackstone@oxy.edu by Monday, October 5.
On Thursday, October 29, ORSL and UEPI are showing either the movie Food, Inc. or the movie Food Fight. The event is from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. in Johnson 200. We had hoped to show Food, Inc. but we are not sure we can get the movie rights since the film is still playing in theaters. After the movie, we will have a panel talk about the issues raised in the movie and discuss how students can become involved in the food justice movement.
These are the events that are planned so far but I believe FEAST and UEPI are exploring other events including a haunted house outside Johnson 200 on the day we show the movie and PCU is looking at creating a labyrinth outdoors to encourage students to donate food to Project EDEN."
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