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Please urge your Members of Congress to attend the screening of Pig Business, a film exploring the impacts that factory pig farms have on the environment, workers, human health, rural communities, and animal welfare.
By inviting your legislators they will understand how the factory farming system:
•abuses animals by keeping pregnant sows in narrow steel cages on bare concrete floors
•sickens neighboring residents with toxic fumes
•pollutes rivers and the coast with untreated waste causing massive fish kills
•endangers human health by overusing antibiotics
•destroys rural communities by driving local family farmers out of business
Heritage Foods USA was formed in 2001 as the sales and marketing arm for Slow Food USA, a non-profit organization founded by Patrick Martins and dedicated to celebrating regional cuisines and products. The Heritage Turkey Project, which helped double the population of heritage turkeys in the United States and upgraded the Bourbon Red turkey from “rare” to “watch” status on conservation lists, was Heritage Foods USA’s first foray into saving American food traditions. In 2004 it became an independent company. Heritage Foods USA exists to promote genetic diversity, small family farms, and a fully traceable food supply.
With just under two weeks remaining until the Capitol Hill premiere of Pig Business, Seedling Projects is putting out the call to you, the consumer to urge your Members of Congress to attend the screening and get informed on the harmful effects of factory pig farming and the benefits of its alternatives. Have your voice heard by signing our Change.org petition here.
But don’t stop there. Share the petition with anyone you know who believes a better food system is possible. And if you live in the D.C. area, attend the screening. Special guest Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Waterkeeper Alliance) will introduce the film, followed by a Q & A and panel discussion moderated by Kennedy with Kathy Ozer (National Family Farm Coalition), Dr. Michael Greger (The Humane Society), and Andrew Kimbrell (Center for Food Safety). Additional information on the screening is available on the Pig Business website.
Pig Business Film Screening
March 9, Wednesday, 6:00-8:30pm
U.S. Capitol Hill Visitors Center, North Orientation Theater
Washington, D.C.
*This screening is free and open to the public and does not require a ticket.
This event is hosted by the Center for Food Safety in collaboration with Seedling Projects and Congressman Dennis Kucinich and these co-sponsors: American Grassfed Association, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Clean Water Network, Food & Water Watch, FRESHFARM Markets, Friends of the Earth, the Humane Society of the United States, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, the International Society for Ecology and Culture, the National Family Farm Coalition, the Rural Coalition, Slow Food DC, and the Waterkeeper Alliance.
Check out the trailer below:
Want to do more? Contact Caitlin at caitlin[at]seedlingprojects[dot]org for information on how to support the movement by hosting your own screening of Pig Business.
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