The focus on food and more importantly, our nation’s Food System has been growing. We continue to hear about food alerts and recalls for E. Coli or Salmonella. In addition, three new movies have been released over the past few months focusing on agribusiness and the food system in the U.S.A.
Food Inc.
Pulls the curtain back, revealing the dark side of the conventional food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our governments regulatory agencies (USDA and FDA):
Food Inc. has just been released in DVD if you missed it ……… You can pick Food, Inc.
up at amazon.
Read more about the movie and their findings by visiting their website: Food Inc.
Fresh The Movie
Celebrates the farmers, thinkers, and businesses across America who are re-inventing our food system. The movie reflects on the intimate and immediate role that food plays in our everyday lives as well as the consequences when we change our eating habits- not only on our health and well being , but also on our community and the environment:
Read more about the movie and their findings by visiting their website: Fresh The Movie.
Food Fight
Social activism from the streets to the dinner table. The movie examines the ways our food system was taken over by corporate forces that don’t necessarily have our best interests in mind. It also reviews choices we have outside the conventional supermarket system and big agribusiness:
Visit the official website to learn more: Food Fight
This week we will be clarifying the terms, reviewing some of the statistics and identifying the choices you have that will make a difference in your life and in your family’s health.
“Good Food Should Be A Right Not A Privilege” Alice Waters
Stay tuned!
