Central Iowa Sierra Group

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19:
7:30 p.m.
Monthly Program-George Naylor
Food Sovereignty-farm policy as if people and the environment mattered.

In recent years corn became a topic of concern thanks to the writing of
Michael Pollan in the New York Times Magazine and his best-selling book, the
Omnivores Dilemma (George Naylor is the featured corn farmer in this book.)
The basic problem with corn and its companion crop, soybeans, is that they
required destroying the natural prairie which allows for soil erosion.   The
democratic and environmental answer to the undemocratic free market is the
concept of Food Sovereignty.

Is Corn Leading Us Towards Social Change or Ecological Disaster?

Understanding corn could be the key to social change that saves the planet
and helps us create democratic communities and local food supplies.

George Naylor has been farming the family farm in Greene County since 1976.
He has been a family farm activist since that time and served on the Excom
of  the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club in the early 1990's.

Monthly programs are held at Grace United Methodist Church, located at 37th
and Cottage Grove. Parking is located behind the church--enter through the
south double doors and the meeting is in the lower east level of the church.
E-mail [log in to unmask] or call (515)223-5047.  Meetings are open to the
public.

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