Rotten at the Root: Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion

What do we really know about the people who grow our food?

Join us at King’s for a screening of Rotten at the Root, a documentary that challenges us to think differently about locally grown food and the people who make it possible.

Based on the new book Rotten at the Root: Local Agriculture, Jamaican Labour, and Canadian Exceptionalism by Dr. Kristin Lozanski, Associate Professor of Sociology at King’s, the film draws on a decade of research with Jamaican farm workers in Niagara. Created by filmmaker and King’s alumnus Moses Latigo Odida ’09, the documentary explores workers’ living and working conditions and the impact of seasonal agricultural employment on workers and their families.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion, offering an opportunity to engage in a broader conversation about food, labour, human dignity and Canada’s agricultural system.

This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome.

To attend virtually: Join via Zoom.