Atlanta Sustainable Community

*YOU MUST RSVP HERE ON THE VOLUNTEER CALENDAR TO ATTEND!! SPACES ARE LIMITED SO THAT WE CAN GUARANTEE THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH TOOLS FOR EVERYONE** If the link is no longer available for that day, that means that all of the spaces are full. Please don't just show up if the spaces are full. This is also so that you will receive notifications about cancellations due to weather. I will not be cancelling it on Meetup. That call will be made by the Farm Manager and communicated using the list of RSVPs through the Volunteer Calendar.

Concrete Jungle is a non-profit that works to combat food waste and food insecurity. Their mission is to transform overlooked and underutilized fruit trees and land into a healthy food source for communities in need. Through their fruit picks and farm picks, farm days, and Produce Buyers Club program, they strive to make sure all families have access to fresh produce.

Come honor MLK Day by volunteering with us at their urban farm in the Sylvan Hills neighborhood of Southwest Atlanta. It may be less than one acre but it produces literal TONS of food. Since they started the farm in 2012, they’ve grown thousands of pounds of beets, carrots, collards, cucumbers, eggplant, peppers, potatoes, radishes, summer squash, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, turnips and winter squash.

Throughout the year, they have farm workdays on select Thursdays from 6 PM - 8 PM and select Saturday from 10 AM- 1 PM. These are a great opportunity to get your sweat on, learn a little bit about growing food, meet new people all while helping to produce more food for Atlanta’s food insecure. Meggie, Sam, and Shar are the farm managers who will lead these events.

YOU MUST WATCH THE FILM ON YOUR OWN BEFORE THE EVENT

Link to the film is in the info below.

For this Special Virtual Documentary Night, in honor of Earth Month, we are meeting to talk about the documentary, Common Enemy. Oklahoma has a growing factory farming problem. The state leads the nation in foreign-owned agricultural land, and the death of the small family farm is a theme that lingers throughout the heartland. Corporate animal agriculture is taking over the state, destroying the land, and making life for animals hell on earth. The citizens, the environment, and the animals in Oklahoma have a common enemy—factory farming. Adam Peditto (Director), Jason and Jennie Hays (Founders of Oliver and Friends Rescue Farm and Sanctuary), Pamela Kingfisher (Organizer, Director of Green Country Guardians), and Ed Brocksmith (Co-Founder of Save The Illinois River, Inc.) will be joining us for a special guest Q&A!

>>Click here to watch Common Enemy for free<<

Again, you must watch the film on your BEFORE the event. We will be meeting over Zoom, where we will break out into small discussion groups. We will do multiple rounds of small group discussion, then close out the night with a special guest Q&A! The Zoom information is listed below.

https://zoom.us/j/87555256659

Meeting ID: 875 5525 6659

Passcode: 861888

This event is posted in multiple meetup groups, and on Eventbrite, as well as with members of the Community Documentary Night email list. (Message me if interested in joining the email list) Therefore, THIS RSVP LIST IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE ATTENDING THE EVENT. So even if you only see one person RSVPed in this meetup group, there will always be others in attendance from other groups. We tend to have at least 20 on average. By inviting numerous groups that increases the likelihood that those in attendance will be from varying backgrounds and beliefs. This is done purposefully to provide everyone with the opportunity to hear a wide range of perspectives.

This event is open to all who are open to all. The one thing we ask is that people allow others to get their full thought out and that any disagreement is voiced in a civil way. Check out the Community Documentary Night website for more info or links to previously shown documentaries.

Thank you and hope to see you there!