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More About Food Justice: A Growing Movement from Directors and Producers Martina Brimmer and Zora Tucker

Food Justice: A Growing Movement was conceptualized in a coffee shop in Prescott, AZ. The project was formally Martina’s senior project at Prescott College, but quickly became a mutual undertaking when Zora quit her job to head to California for the filming. Neither of them had studied or worked in film, much less attempted to document an issue which called for articulate exposure. The filmmakers felt that the issues of urban food security in relationship to systemic oppression, environmental racism, health issues and the failure of our conventional food system needed to reach the public, with primary distribution within the communities that bear the consequences of social inequity. It was also their intention as activists to portray the world which they are striving to create, and so Zora and Martina focused upon several of many Bay Area grassroots projects that they consider part of the food justice movement.

The project was filmed in West Oakland, San Francisco and South Central, Los Angeles. The artists used borrowed film and audio equipment and made the entire film for under $1000, most of which Martina raised. Prescott College graciously provided the editing equipment.

Both Zora and Martina have reached turning points in their lives as they continue their exploration of environmental and social sustainability: Zora started graduate school at CalPoly, Pomona in the Regenerative Studies program, and Martina returned to Bolivia to delve into Andean agriculature at the end of September 2006.

Water Crisis in El Salvador "La Guerra Del Foturo"

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This Blog is dedicated to CHSTU 498 Food Justice Class At the University of Washington Winter 2010 to blog about Food justice. Here we can discuss your opinions and thoughts on what we can do to improve agriculture as a whole and tackle hunger one word at a time

Friday, February 12, 2010

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1 comment:

  1. This is so true. When My fiance and I started to transition to healthier foods, our money was spent faster. We have a crisis in our hands in the United States where going healthier is considerably breaking the bank! why does a salad cost significantly more than a burger? would it not make sense that a salad is just simple greens cut into pieces ready to serve than a greasy Burger with processed meat, where God knows what is in this chemically active product so called a 99 cent cheese burger or 99 cent chicken nuggets? Micheal Obama must take action in this issue quickly.

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