Panelists at Thursday Screening include Filmmaker Matt Wechsler, Dr. John Ikerd and Neighbors of CAFOs Jocelyn Engman and Ron Wyse
Thursday! Right to Harm JFAN's Efforts in Iowa Featured in National Documentary Exposing How Factory Farms Impact Communities THURSDAY, JUNE 20 at 7:15 pm Fairfield Arts & Convention Center 200 N. Main Street, Fairfield, IA Right to Harm, is a powerful new documentary on the public health, environmental, and quality of life impacts of factory farm by award-winning filmmakers Matt Wechsler and Annie Speicher (SUSTAINABLE). The film documents the ongoing battle with factory farms in Iowa as well as in Wisconsin, North Carolina, Arizona, and Delmarva. It chronicles the failures of state agencies to adequately regulate industrial agriculture and the actions taken by disenfranchised citizens to demand justice from their legislators. Watch the trailer. <https://vimeo.com/316245907> The "human welfare" impacts of factory farms are the focus of Right to Harm.. It does NOT include scenes of animal abuse. The Iowa segment includes scenes from public events in Fairfield, conversations with agricultural economist Dr. John Ikerd, and follows the work of JFAN President and Executive Director Diane Rosenberg who is also an Iowa Consultant with Socially Responsible Agricultural Project. Iowa County resident Gary Netser's experiences living near a CAFO are also highlighted. Following the film, a panel discussion moderated by Diane Rosenberg features the following speakers: Matt Wechsler - Right to Harm Filmmaker; Director and Cinematographer of Hourglass Films Dr. John Ikerd - Agricultural Economist and Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri at Columbia Jocelyn Engman - Organic farmer and Co-owner of Pickle Creek Herbs, CAFO Neighbor Ron Wyse - Small-scale Grassfed Cattle Farmer; Founder of Henry County Farmers and Neighbors, CAFO Neighbor The screening of Right to Harm is sponsored by Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors, Inc. Admission is free; a donation of $5 helps JFAN protect Jefferson County's quality of life. For questions, contact JFAN at 641-209-6600 or email j...@lisco.com <mailto:j...@lisco.com> Read more here. <https://www.jfaniowa.org/single-post/2019/06/04/Right-to-Harm-Coming-to-Fairfield-June-20> Follow JFAN's Facebook Event page here. <https://www.facebook.com/events/2226015810849028/> <https://www.facebook.com/JFANIowa/> To be added to the JFAN email list, type SUBSCRIBE in the Subject Line and hit return. To unsubscribe from the JFAN email list, hit reply, type REMOVE in the Subject Line and hit return. JFAN never sells or shares its email list. Thank you! Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors, Inc. PO Box 811 Fairfield, IA 52556 www.jfaniowa.org <http://www.jfaniowa.org/> 641-209-6600 Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JFANIowa <https://www.facebook.com/JFANIowa> JFAN is funded by grassroots support and gratefully welcomes your donations.. https://www.jfaniowa.org/donate-today <https://www.jfaniowa.org/donate-today>
