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The Need to Grow

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The Need to Grow

Rob Herring and Ryan Wirick/2019/96 min/Sustainable Food & Agriculture, Climate Change

Monday, March 9, 6 p.m. [Kane County]
Action Fair 6 p.m., Film 7 p.m.
Waubonsee Community College, Aurora

CHICAGO-AREA PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: In a race against the end of farmable soil, three individuals fight for change in the industry of agricultural food production, calling for a revolution. "The Need to Grow" delivers alarming evidence on the importance of healthy soil — revealing not only the potential of localized food production working with nature, but our opportunity as individuals to help regenerate our planet’s dying soils and participate in the restoration of the Earth.

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Right to Harm

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Right to Harm

Annie Speicher & Matt Wechsler/2019/75 min/Sustainable Food & Agriculture, Health & the Environment , Environmental & Social Justice, Water

Sunday, March 8, 2:30 p.m. [South]
Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago

Monday, March 9, 6:30 p.m. [Central]
Northwestern University, Chicago

FILM DESCRIPTION: Through the riveting stories of five American communities, “Right to Harm” exposes the devastating public health impact that factory farming has on many of our country's most disadvantaged citizens. Known formally as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations—or CAFOs—these facilities produce millions of gallons of untreated waste that destroy the quality of life for nearby neighbors. Fed up with the lack of regulation, these citizens-turned-activists band together from across the country to demand justice.