Once again food to be served in Drive-in Woodlands!!!
Like me if you too have missed the Drive-in Woodlands for its yummy food, here is another opportunity. SFA is holding its organic food mela in the old drive-in woodlands (new Semmozhi Poonga) on 19th, if you are in the city and want to help yourself with some healthy food, do visit and benefit.
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SAFE FOOD ALLIANCE (SFA)
Invites you to
AN ORGANIC MELA
AT SEMMOZHI POONGA, CHENNAI
ON SATURDAY MARCH 19TH 2011
TIME: 3pm to 8pm
Do you believe that your right to safe food is a basic right and the very food that you eat to sustain yourself should not become toxic and hazardous?
COME, LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS IN THIS ORGANIC MELA
The event is being organized to mark the occasion of World Consumers Day (March 15th). This year, SFA and many other organizations have joined together to highlight
· Consumer’s Right to Safe Food: Many proposals to introduce genetically modified (GM) foods into the Indian market threaten the consumers’ right to safe food and right to informed choice in the matter, as these foods cannot be distinguished from non-GM foods. GM food has been shown to be toxic and unsafe for human consumption.
· The livelihood security of millions of Indian farmers is severely threatened by the introduction of GM foods. GM seeds are very expensive and often do not perform up to expectations. Dependence on such expensive seeds can drive farmers to extreme debt leading to despair and even suicide. Today it is almost impossible to find non-GM cotton seeds and hence all India’s cotton farmers are subject to the pricing set by corporations and the monopolies building in the seed markets. We do not want this situation to arise in food crops as well.
· Sustainable agriculture without the use of harmful synthetic inputs and with conventional seeds has been shown to be successful in producing more than enough for the food security of our nation. Lakhs of farmers spread across thousands of villages of AP are practicing it and producing pesticide-free food. Karnataka is following, rightly. Commitment from the Government to create support and extension services is necessary for replicating this model throughout the country.
The event will feature:
· Diversity of traditional seed varieties – interaction with farmers who conserve such diversity
· Stalls with information on millets and traditional rices of Tamil Nadu
· Sale of traditional grains
· A focus on harmful pesticides and alternatives to these
· Information on the status of GM crops in India, implications and alternatives
· Hands on Natural Dyeing experience!
· Interactions with prominent personalities from different walks of life – activists, farmers, cine-stars, musicians and others.
· Related publications
· Clothes and textiles made of organic cotton, hand-woven and manually tailored.
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