Alliance for a Pesticide Free Ojai Valley

photo by Eric Nivelle

Past Events

Monday June 29

Fresh ~ the movie
celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. It is a call to action, inspiring us to create positive change as part of a new movement to better our food system, bring about a new vision, a new reality, a new paradigm, one that works for everyone.

Join us for this evening of food goodies, literature, conversation ... and more ...

The Ojai Retreat
160 Besant Road
646-2536

6pm: Potluck
7pm: Film and Discussion

Potluck, Speaker & A Movie

January 31, 5-8 PM

Sacred Space Studio

Potluck: Organic Vegetarian Appetizers
Organic popcorn provided

Speaker: Estelle Foster, Executive Director of Pesticide Awareness and Alternative Coalition, will speak about her inspirational work in getting over 40 parks to go pesticide free in Santa Barbara.

Movie: "The Future of Food", a film by Deborah Koons Garcia, narrated by Peter Coyote.
"If you eat food, you need to see The Future of Food." ~ Newstarget.com

Suggested donation: $5 - $10 per person

Please bring the kids (childcare provided).

UPCOMING EVENTS

Pesticide Free Ojai Valley Presents

Potluck, Speaker & A Movie
November 29th, 4-7:30PM
Golden Oaks Mobile Home Park Estates
Community Center
1273 South Rice Rd.
(10th bldg on the right behind the pool)

Organic popcorn & refreshments provided: Please bring a potluck dish (organic preferred) to share. Potluck at 5pm after the Speaker.

Speaker (4:15-5pm): Maxina Ventura, Chronic Effects Researcher for Don't Spray California. (www.dontspraycalifornia.org )
(Please arrive at 4pm to be ready for the Speaker at 4:15pm.)

Maxina's research focuses on the health effects of Toxic Injuries, and making toxicological information about chemicals accessible to all.

Don't Spray California is a grassroots collective involved in active resistance, and advocating safe alternatives, to both government and industry pesticide programs, as well as exposing the systemic causes and funding mechanisms that keep such programs in place.

Movie: Trade Secrets, A Moyers Report
In this report, Bill Moyers draws on industry documents and interviews with historians, scientists, and public health professionals who explore the effects of chemicals on the public’s health and safety. (Movie showing at 5:30pm.)

Please park on the street and walk in.
RSVP: 805-794-1856
(Also, please come scent-free, so the meeting is as accessible as possible for everyone. Some people have chemical sensitivities.)

Pesticide Free Ojai Valley www.pesticidefreeojaivalley.org Join us in creating a healthy, sustainable community

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July 18th, 6-9 PM

PESTICIDE FREE OJAI VALLEY PRESENTS

Popcorn, Speakers & a Movie

Sacred Space Studio
410 Bryant Circle, Suite A
Ojai, CA 93023

Organic popcorn & refreshments provided.
Everyone is welcome to bring your own food and drinks.

Speakers: Linda Uvari and Deborah Bechtel,
founding members of CCAAPP
(Community and Children’s Advocacy Against Pesticide Poisoning) in Ventura. Linda is in the film.

Movie: "Toxic Suburbs?", a PBS show (20 minutes) hosted by journalist David Brancaccio. In Ventura County, as more and more homes are being built close to farmland, some residents have found themselves living in what has been described as a “toxic soup” of pesticides. The show examines the efforts of local communities to protect their own backyards from pesticide drift. (Movie time 7pm.)

Also, a 20 minute excerpt from “The Corporation”
(the section on pesticides) will be shown.

Suggested Donation: $5- $10 per person

Join us in creating a healthy, sustainable community