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Delta Farm Roots hosts documentary to raise awareness of declining bee population

The community is invited to join in the conversation and raise awareness about the declining population of bees worldwide. Delta Farm Roots is hosting a screening of The Pollinators on Thursday, March 5 at 7 p.m.
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Delta Farm Roots Mini School presents a screening of The Pollinators with a pre-show and post-show discussion on March 5 at the Equinox Theatre.

The community is invited to join in the conversation and raise awareness about the declining population of bees worldwide.

Delta Farm Roots is hosting a screening of The Pollinators on Thursday, March 5 at 7 p.m. at the Equinox Theatre at South Delta Secondary.

The film is a compelling tale about bees and how they make our food supply possible.

Following the screening of this award-winning documentary, there will be a discussion with local bee experts, including agricultural specialist Paul vanWesendorp from the Ministry of Agriculture.

“Pollinators help with our food and everyone eats. The conditions that pollinators are being put in are changing drastically from what they were put in previously,” said Cody Forbes, Farm Roots Mini School coordinator. “In many ways the conditions for them are on the decline, so we are hoping by showing this film we can educate the public and become more aware that this is something that is facing us all.”

Forbes said the presentation also affords the community an opportunity to learn more about the Farm Roots Mini School.

vanWesendorp said many tend to be lazy when it comes to what they’re doing long-term to the environment.

“We deal with environmental degradation in many parts of the world that we are almost kind of oblivious to,” he said. “There are major indicators out there. The kids we have been talking to here at Farm Roots… I like to use bees as a vehicle to illustrate there is a far greater environmental shift taking place that we all have to be aware of. That is why I’m so strongly supportive of programs like this, is because of society we have to become far more aware of where our food comes from. It is within this context that I think this evening will hopefully be eye-opening for a lot of people.”

Tickets for the screening are $10 and will be available at the door. All are welcome to attend.