Name: Be The Change Film Series Presents: Percy
Start: 2022-11-02T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Simcoe Street Theatre

Be The Change Film Series Presents: Percy

Blue Mountain Watershed Trust

The next film in the Be The Change Film Series - 100% of proceeds benefit The Blue Mountain Watershed Trust.

Simcoe Street Theatre

Based on events from a 1998 lawsuit, PERCY follows small-town farmer Percy Schmeiser, who challenges a major conglomerate when the company's genetically modified (GMO) canola is discovered in the 70-year-old farmer's crops. As he speaks out against the company's business practices, he realizes he is representing thousands of other disenfranchised farmers around the world fighting the same battle. Suddenly, he becomes an unsuspecting folk hero in a desperate war to protect farmers' rights and the world's food supply against what they see as corporate greed.

All proceeds go to the <a href="https://watershedtrust.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Blue Mountain Watershed Trust</a>The Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation (the Watershed Trust), Ontario’s first watershed trust, was formed in 1994 to protect natural areas in Collingwood and the Blue Mountains from development pressures of many kinds. Since then, we have been instrumental in preserving and protecting our remaining wild places.The Watershed Trust is an all-volunteer independent grass-roots organization supported by donations and fundraising. We have no paid employees and do not receive funding from any level of government. The Watershed Trust was incorporated in Collingwood, Ontario 1995 and is a Registered Charity. We currently have over 170 members.

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