Fair Trade Huronia (FTH) presented the film The Price of Sugar at the Midland Public Library on Thursday, February 9th, 2012. After the film, Sarah, of FTH, and André, of Ciboulette et cie food shop, awarded a door prize to Susan Hirst
From The Price Of Sugar website:
‘Buy Fair Trade Certified sugar and sweets made with Fair Trade sugar. Fair Trade sugar ensures that cooperatives of small-scale sugarcane growers receive a fair price for their crops and that critical protections are provided to any laborers they employ. Look for these symbols in your local grocery store:’
* Spread the Word! Encourage your friends to see The Price of Sugar and help keep the issues it raises in the public eye.
Feb. 9th, 6:30 p.m.
Midland Public Library.
Narrated by Paul Newman.
The Price of Sugar: ‘In the Dominican Republic, a tropical island-nation, tourists flock to pristine beaches unaware that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians have toiled under armed-guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, much of which ends up in U.S. kitchens. They work grueling hours and frequently lack decent housing, clean water, electricity, education or healthcare. Narrated by Paul Newman, “The Price of Sugar” follows Father Christopher Hartley, a charismatic Spanish priest, as he organizes some of this hemisphere’s poorest people to fight for their basic human rights. This film raises key questions about where the products we consume originate and at what human cost they are produced.’ Featuring Father Christopher Hartley, narrated by Paul Newman, directed by Bill Haney.
Make it fair! Quick! What are the three top gifts given for Valentine’s?
Answer:
Did you know these things can be grown and marketed in unhealthy ways?
Find out more, Feb. 9th, 6:30 p.m. at the Midland Public Library, by watching the film ‘The Price of Sugar‘. Narrated by Paul Newman, “The Price of Sugar” follows Father Christopher Hartley, a charismatic Spanish priest, as he organizes some of this hemisphere’s poorest people to fight for their basic human rights. This film raises key questions about where the products we consume originate and at what human cost they are produced. – The Price of Sugar (2007)
Tonight! SHARE Environmental Film Night plus local groups @ the Midland Public Library featuring Mad City Chickens. 6:30pm ow.ly/76V3z
Moving Planet at Little Lake Park, 9-12, http://www.moving-planet.org/events/ca/midland/841
