Important Community Forum on Chesapeake Bay Pollution in Takoma Park:

Poultry Pollution and the Chesapeake Bay
-- What We All Can Do to
Help End Big Chicken's Free Ride



Featuring Carole Morison,  Katherine Ozer, Sophia Maravell, and Terrill North
(Please see below for details.)

Shouldn't the industries
polluting in the Chesapeake Bay be held responsible to clean up their mess? 



We think so!  And we bet you do, too.  That's why Food & Water
Watch is working on new legislation that will end Big Chicken's free ride to
pollute the Bay and its tributaries.

We’re inviting
you to join this vital conversation.



The Chesapeake Bay is a
global treasure and was once one of the most productive estuaries on
Earth.  But these days, phosphorus pollution contributes to the
persistence of a vast dead zone in the Chesapeake Bay.  The poultry
industry (aka Big Chicken) dumps more phosphorus pollution into the Bay than
any other single source. Yet under current law, Big Chicken is not held fully
accountable for that pollution and is contributes far too little to save the
Bay.  Instead, Maryland tax payers are footing Big Chicken's share of the
bill for restoring this ecological and economic treasure. 



To right this wrong, state elected officials will introduce the Poultry Fair
Share Act in the Maryland General Assembly next January.  The Poultry Fair
Share Act will require large poultry companies to contribute to the Bay
Restoration Fund, and use the revenue generated through this common-sense
legislation to support local farmers efforts to plant cover crops.  Cover
crops are the most cost-effective practice to simultaneously enrich the soil
and reduce runoff pollution. 





Join on November 20th to learn about and discuss the Poultry Fair Share Act, the
poultry industry's impacts on the Bay, and sustainable alternatives to Big
Chicken and large-scale industrial agriculture. 





When:   6:00 to 7:00pm





Where:  Takoma Park Seventh Day
Adventist Church

                 Church Center

                 6810
Eastern Avenue NW

                 District
of Columbia



                 The
Church Center sits on the southeast corner of the intersection of Laurel and
Eastern Avenues.

                 It is
one-story brick building with a brown roof, and sits catty-corner to the large
stone church,



                 This
is about a  five-minute walk east of the Takoma Metro station on the Red
Line.  Leaving the station's main exit, walk east few blocks along
Carroll/Cedar Avenue.  Veer right at the fork into Eastern Avenue. 
Walk one block.



                 Map:        http://tinyurl.com/PoultryFairShareForum 



                 Parking:         In
addition to metered parking on the street, there is free parking in the Church
Center lot and in another lot one block north on Laurel Avenue.



                 Food:             Several restaurants very
nearby serve tasty food at modest prices, and offer vegetarian and vegan
options.





About the Speakers



Carole Morison



Carole Morison is a farmer from Pocomoke City,
Maryland.  She and her family raised chickens under contract for 23 years
on their family farm.  She helped organize the Delmarva Poultry Justice Alliance and
served as its executive director for eight years. Carole’s story is featured in
the Oscar nominated Documentary, Food INC. and the September 2012 issue of O
Magazine.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0D8uiIIIBw

Katherine Ozer

Kathy has worked
on farm, rural, and fair trade policy for over 20 years at the National Family
Farm Coalition, currently serving as its executive director. 

http://www.nffc.net/

Terrill North

Terrill North is
a community activist, currently serving as board president of Making A New
United People, or M.A.N.U.P., a mentorship program serving over 150 at-risk
youth annually in Montgomery County, and vice-president of the ACLU of Maryland
and Impact Silver Spring.  Terrill has served as an environmental lobbyist with
Earthjustice (formerly the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund) and environmental
staff member to two democrats in Congress.  

Sophia Maravell



Sophia directs the
educational programs at Brickyard Educational Farm in Montgomery
County.   The farm provides hands-on, environmental and agricultural
education experiences to children and adults and strives to bolster food
security.

http://brickyardeducationalfarm.org/



To Learn More About the Poultry
Industry's Impacts on the Bay



Please visit:   

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/Big_Chickens_Free_Ride.pdf

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