City College’s City Farm will host its first Earth Day Film Festival, which will feature four films and will take place on April 24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Student Center.

City Farm is an “experimental garden,” which was established in the summer of 2011 and is cared for using organic gardening methods. The project focuses on cross-disciplinary, service-learning, community garden supporting curricular interests in sustainability issues, science, art and culture, says its official web page.

The aim of this event, according to event coordinator and communications major, Matthew Blackburn, also an Express reporter, is “to raise awareness of our country’s food production and the effects it is having on our health.”

Blackburn said the issues presented in the films will allow students to evaluate their impact on the planet and empower them with knowledge of sustainable alternatives to conventional practices that deplete the Earth.

On the schedule for a 10 a.m. showing is “Tapped.” The film takes a look into how natural resources are being privatized.

At 11:30 a.m. “CRUDE: The real price of oil” looks at the $27 million lawsuit against the United States’ Chevron Oil company.
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There will be a 1:30 p.m. showing of “The Vanishing of the Bees” when viewers can take a look at the mysteriously disappearing honeybees across the planet, according to Blackburn. In this film, scientists and beekeepers give their perspective on their fight to preserve the honeybees.

The last film will be shown at 3 p.m. and is titled, “The World According to Monsanto.” The film focuses on the subject of genetically engineered food.

In addition to showing films, City Farm will be doing a seed exchange and selling seed bombs, which are compressed bundles of soil and clay with plant seeds that are thrown onto land so the seeds can grow.

“Students must arm themselves with as much knowledge as possible for our rapidly changing world,” said Blackburn. “The more students are aware of our diminishing resources, increasing pollution and how we can work together to overcome these conflicts, the sooner we can improve our environmental health and in turn, our own health and future.”

More information about City Farm is available from City Farm faculty adviser Robyn Waxman at [email protected] or www.saccity-online.org/cityfarm.