You are invited to attend a
FREE COMMUNITY SCREENING OF
“CAFETERIA MAN.”
Wednesday, May 30 - 7:00 pm
The Hill Center – 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Find out what other cities are doing to make the change to
locally-grown, freshly-prepared school meals. How can we do it in
DC? Stay for a discussion after the film with filmmaker
Richard
Chisolm, DC Farm To School Network Director
Andrea Northup,
and DC Healthy Schools Act expert,
Drew Newman, Legislative
Counsel to Council Member Mary Cheh.
ABOUT THE FILM:
Tony Geraci, as food-service director for Baltimore’s
public schools, embarked on an ambitious
project: to “green” the lunches of the city’s 83,000 students by
replacing pre-plated, processed foods with locally-grown, freshly
prepared meals. A charismatic chef from New Orleans, Geraci
describes
himself as a “little bit lunch lady, a lot P.T. Barnum.” His bold
vision
includes school vegetable gardens, student-designed meals, meatless
Mondays and nutrition education in the classroom. Over the course of
two
years, the film documents the efforts of parents, teachers,
administrators, farmers, chefs and dozens of creative and motivated
students to overhaul a dysfunctional nutritional system. Healthy
food
advocates Michael Pollan and Will Allen and First Lady Michelle
Obama
also make appearances.
Directed and produced by Richard Chisolm
and
Sheila Kinkade.
This is a FREE event but
please reserve your seat as space
is limited:
http://hillcenterdc.org/home/programs/238
Sponsored by Capitol Hill Public School Parents
Organization, with generous support from the Capitol Hill Community Foundation
and the Hill Center.