Get Tickets for Film About Factory Farm Wrongs
FACT and Crate Free USA co-present The Smell of Money
4/20 Chicago Screening of Factory Farming Film
Local Food Forum has often written about the animal welfare activism of two Chicago region non-profits, Crate Free USA and Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT).
Now the organizations are joining forces for the screening of The Smell of Money, an important documentary about the far-reaching negative consequences of factory farms, formally known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs.
The event will take place on Saturday, April 20, from 4:30-6:30 p.m., at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave. in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. The movie screening will be followed by a panel discussion.
The film’s title refers to the nauseating smell of animal waste that emanates from CAFOs and degrades the quality of life in the rural communities where they are located —just one of the critical problems involved with factory farming.
Click the button below to visit the event page on Facebook and then click tickets to buy yours to attend the showing. The following content was provided by the presenting organizations.
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What is the price we pay for the world’s pork? Join us for this documentary followed by a panel discussion.
This documentary reveals the truth of our meat industry and who suffers because of factory farming.
An inside look at the environmental, social and animal welfare impacts of the pork industry, The Smell of Money is the true story of everyday people standing up to agricultural titans in a battle with life-or-death consequences.
Informative, inspiring and eye-opening, this is the real life story of how an underserved North Carolina community took on Smithfield, North America’s largest pork producer, in a fight for their rights to clean air, pure water, and a life free from the stench of shit.
Produced by writer and filmmaker Jamie Berger — as well as actors and filmmakers Kate Mara and Travon Free — this documentary makes us think a little more about the ethical and ecological issues of animal agriculture, and how we can make more conscious choices about what we eat and how we treat other living beings.
Enraging, illuminating and heartfelt, it will make you think twice before buying pork at the supermarket.
The film to be followed by a discussion among three panelists:
• Jamie Berger, Producer, The Smell of Money
• Tyler Lobdell, Environmental Attorney, Food and Water Watch
• Jody Osmund, Owner, Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm in Ottawa, Illinois
Salad Days: UI Extension Shares a Lettuce Video
The weekly feature on healthy, affordable eating from University of Illinois Extension and UI Health has a little different look this week. In a first for this series, they have produced an informative video on how to select, clean and store lettuce at home.
I think you’ll enjoy it whether you’re a veteran lettuce forager or, um, turning over a new leaf. And it’s a nice tool if you’re involved in food education.
Click the button below to access the video. Then scroll down for a QR code for a voluntary, anonymous survey to assist Illinois Extension and the U.S. Department of Agriculture in advancing the goals of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
This series is part of UI Extension’s Eat.Move.Save. program. Thanks to UI Extension’s Bianca Bautista, who creates these informative features.