TONIGHT: Food politics in the DR
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Politics and Peanut Butter
Wednesday, May 6 at 7 PM.
Downtown Presbyterian Church
121 N. Fitzhugh St.
Wheelchair-accessible and looped.
During her action-packed week in the Dominican Republic, Alison Clarke
observed Mujeres Unidas para Desarollo (MUD) forming small businesses such
as Conserva de Marmalada (orange marmalade), and worked with the
women developing a recipe for Nutriforte, a peanut butter/honey treat
to combat childhood malnutrition.
She watched as the illegal slash and burn agriculture on the hillside started
massive fires. The campesinos in these 14 small villages along the border of
Haiti constantly battle the government for these people to be penalized, and
advocate on issues such as the building of aqueducts. Advocacy along with
sustainable agriculture education has led to many successes. Hear more about
the people who are making these successes possible - and also about some of
the challenges.
Alison has been a community organizer working on sustainable food systems
and sustainable community building. She currently volunteers with the NY Small
Scale Food Processors' Assn., the Center for Sustainable Living and the
Canandaigua Lake Assn.
She was a founder of ROCLA as co-coordinator of the Rochester Peace
and Justice Education Center (PJEC) staffing food and human rights issues.
PJEC later merged with Metro Act to become Metro Justice.
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