Seeds of Hope, the food justice ministry of the Diocese of Los Angeles, will be featured on KCET’s L.A. Foodways, a regional historical program. The episode will feature Tim Alderson, executive director of Seeds of Hope and a fifth-generation Los Angeles-area farmer.
The new multi-platform series by filmmaker, actor, and producer Raphael Sbarge (Longmore, Murder in the First, Once Upon a Time) explores the city’s agricultural past and offers answers to challenges it now faces.
Seeds of Hope will co-host a sneak preview Jan. 30 at Laemmle Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills.The screening will begin at 7:30 p.m., followed by a panel discussion including Alderson and Sbarge; A.G. Kawamura, chairman of Solutions for Urban Agriculture and former California secretary of Food and Agriculture; Clare Fox, executive director of the Los Angeles Food Policy Council; Rick Nahmias, executive director of Food Forward; Rachel Surls of the University of California’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources; and Tim Watkins, CEO of Watts Labor Community Action Committee.
Adapted from the Diocese of Los Angeles
Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
