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Title: Zapatista Corn Harvest festival
START DATE: 11/4/2006
START TIME: 10:00 AM
Duration: 8 Hours
Location: La Milpa Organica - Escondido, CA
Location Details:
San Diego North County
Take Deer Springs Road exit off of I-15 about 7 miles north of Escondido.
Turn toward Meadows Road (east) and then turn right (south) onto the
frontage road. Turn left onto Protea Gardens Rd. (dirt) after about 300
yards. La Milpa Organica Farm, 9988 Protea Gardens Rd., Escondido, CA 92026
Event Topic: Zapatismo and the struggle of all oppressed people
Event Type: Festival
Contact Name: Schools for Chiapas
Contact Email: info@schoolsforchiapas.org
Contact Phone:
DESCRIPTION:
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zapfest_background_copy.jpg, image/jpeg, 605x783 Join Schools for Chiapas and La Milpa Organica in a celebration of GE-free corn, local food systems, organic farming, slow foods, and indigenous cultures. The day-long harvest festival program will include a corn harvest, the slow roasting of red, white and blue corn grown from Zapatista seed, theatre, music, poetry, workshops, storytelling, indigenous artesian work and

organic food.

Special guests include the Kumeyaay Women?s Artesian Collective of San Juan de la Zorra, Mexico; The Aztec Dancers, folk musican Peter Alsop, Professor Ignacio Chapella (University of Califorina at Berkeley), Coni Martinez (The Other Campaign), Transendance (Youth Dance Group), Story teller Irene Caustrita (Los Able-Minded Poets), Mezklah (Latin Alternative drum & bass duo from LA ), Cara al Sol, Angel Lita, Enrique Moronez (Border Angles), Fernando Suarez (Guerrero Azteca Project), Puppet Insurgency (Theatre), CIRCA (Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army). See details below



The Zapatista Corn Harvest Festival for Peace and Justice supports the ?Mother Seeds in Resistance Project?, a multinational effort to protect the native seeds of Mayan corn in the autonomous communities of Chiapas, Mexico. This project works to stop contamination by genetically modified corn imported from the USA. All proceeds will fund testing of indigenous Chiapas corn for GMO contamination. www.schoolsforchiapas.org

Support the Mother Seeds in Resistance Project with your sponsorship of the Ads cost

00 (Full page), 0 (half page), 0 (1/4 page), Slow Foods dinner listing) (business cards), (supporters listings). Be sure your family, church, union, school, and organization all take out an ad!

Sponsors: San Diego Foundation for Change, Dr. Bonners Magic Soaps,

YANO (Youth and Non-Military Opportunities), ASD (Activist San Diego), UCSD Women\'s center, PRCSD (Peace Resource Center of San Diego), SDCPJ (San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice).

For additional information or to become a festival sponsor contact:

Please contact:

Jennifer Stanley

c/o Schools for Chiapas

1631 Dale Street

San Diego, CA 92102

info@schoolsforchiapas.org

Music: Mezklah


Cara al Sol


Peter Alsop


Angel Lita

Dancers: Aztec Dancers

Trancendance

Poetry and

Story telling: Los Able-Minded Poets


Irene Caustrita

Speakers: Ignacio Chapella, UCBC


Fernando Suarez, Guerrero Azteca Project


Enrique Moronez, Border Angles


Coni Martinez, La Otra Campana

Theatre: Puppet Insurgency


CIRCA

Workshop: Local Food Systems facilitated by Barry Logan,


La Milpa Organica Farm Owner

Vendors: Kumeyaay Women\\'d5s Art Collective of San Jose de la Zorra,

Community non-profits offering delicious slow cooked foods.

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