Food Documentaries

[Lady_Di]

Originally Posted by greco

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Fresh is a new documentary celebrating the rising movement of farmers, thinkers and business people who are reinventing our food system across America. Each has witnessed the current industrial model's consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources and obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for our future. Among several onscreen figures, Fresh features urban farmer and activist Will Allen, sustainable farmer and entrepreneur Joel Salatin, The Omnivore's Dilemma author Michael Pollan and Kansas City supermarket owner David Ball, who stocks his stores with products from local suppliers. Seeking to prod us away from cynicism or resignation, Fresh is a call to action that all of us can support a new type of food system that is viable and healthy for all consumers.

Greco

This is wonderful to see. I think it is critically important to eat local, preferably something you have growing right outside your back door. I know it is not feasible for everyone. But progress towards as fresh and whole as can be.... that will make a real difference in our health and well being.

Fresh is best. Get to know the ones growing, producing your food, what is more intimate afterall than what you put into your body each and everyday!

It is a sacred thing, to me. Hence why breaking bread with people is truly a spiritual experience, it is an honour and gets to the very heart of what makes us tic.

Food of life. Love.

real and whole~

[SoNotHer]

I suggest a number of research topics to my students. I'm proud to say that one became very interested in the current state of our "food systems" and the future of food and human and planetary health. Here's a piece of good news for those who are already supporting farmers markets or on the fence or trying to convince friends and families to go. And I love this quote and couldn't agree more: "...farmers’ markets prices were generally lower than or, at worst, equal to supermarket prices...Besides, the experience of shopping at a farmers’ market makes food buying into an adventure instead of just a chore."

Myth of High Prices at the Farmers Market


by Cathryn Wellner
May 3, 2012

I still hear people say they cannot afford to shop at a farmers’ market. They argue only the well heeled can afford to buy free-range eggs and heirloom tomatoes at those pricey venues. The only thing is, that idea does not stand up to scrutiny. A 2011 study for the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont turned up surprising results. Prices were actually lower at the farmers’ markets, particularly for organic items.

Those findings were similar to what the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture discovered in a 2009 survey of Iowa products. And two years earlier, University of Washington students compared prices between a Seattle supermarket and a nearby farmers’ market. In all three cases — Vermont, Iowa, and Seattle — farmers’ markets prices were generally lower than or, at worst, equal to supermarket prices.

These are only the most widely publicized results. One of the common reasons for not buying from local farmers turns out to be based on a story that does not bear up under scrutiny. Do a test at a market nearby, and you will likely be surprised by the results. Besides, the experience of shopping at a farmers’ market makes food buying into an adventure instead of just a chore.

Join the Food Revolution

Farmers’ markets are a good place to join the Food Revolution. You can also check out the Food Revolution Map to see where things are happening in your community.

If shopping at a farmers’ market just doesn’t feel like a fit for you, don’t despair. In Seattle, you can contribute to a community e-cookbook. Or get involved with a community garden in Crete, Nebraska.

Boise, Idaho has jumped on board to bring the community together through fresh, local foods. A group of young chefs in Downington, Pennsylvania are determined to change their community’s knowledge and health concerning food.

If your city isn’t on the map, gather allies and become a Food Revolution Community with your own, unique focus. And if being part of a larger movement is not your thing, don’t despair. On Saturday, May 19th, you can still be part of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution by shopping at your local farmers’ market.

Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/myth-of-...#ixzz1u6WMN2HT

[Greco]

John Robbin's Book - The Food Revolution [ame="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1573244872/aldoyobe-20"]Amazon.com: Food Revolution, The: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World (9781573244879): John Robbins, Dean Ornish M.D.: Books[/ame]

Greco

[Greco]

Special Interview with Mr. John Robbins, Part I








John Robbins is the bestselling author of "Diet for a New America" and his new book "Healthy at 100." John Robbins is the only son of the founder of the largest ice cream chain in the world, Baskin Robbins. Instead of inheriting the overwhelming wealth and privilege of this ice-cream empire, Mr. Robbins chose to disavow his inheritance and become a vegan activist. We are honored to share with you his inspiring example of healthy living.

Read "Diet for a New America" years ago, illuminating to say the least.

A man of integrity.



Greco

[Greco]

This showed in 2010 A town in amazing change...a good show and
a bit something different for this thread.

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Greco

[Greco]

This series goes through six episodes and well worth
watching. Go to youtube to see the rest you won't
regret it.

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Greco

[Greco]

After experiencing the traumatizing death of her daughter to kidney failure just three days after her daughter was born, Sofia Gatica from Argentina became determined to find out what killed her daughter. Her conclusion? Monsanto's genetically modified soy fields that surrounded her neighborhood, laced with damaging insecticides negatively affecting nearby neighborhood children and adults alike.

Gatica began to detail how her small town was plagued with astronomically high birth defect rates, respiratory disease, and even infant mortality. From this point, the courageous mother decided to take on Monsanto.

Amazingly, she is not alone in her struggle against the biotechnology colossus when it comes to causing birth problems, as a large group of farmers — also from Argentina — have launched a lawsuit against Monsanto for causing 'devastating birth defects' in children. Gatica was initially alone, however, when she first began her uphill battle.

Forming a group of concerned mothers in her local area of Ituzaingó after hosting an event at her home to discuss her experiences, the mother would be one of the very few who has actually beat Monsanto.


After sharing her story with local mothers who were also concerned for the safety of their children and families as a whole, Gatica co-founded the Mothers of Ituzaingó — an action group of 16 mothers collaborating to end Monsanto's rampant chemical usage. The team took to the streets, going door to door to create what was the first epidemiological study of the area, only to discover that the effects of Monsanto's concoctions were dramatically affecting many families in the town of Ituzaingó.

With cancer rates 41 times the national average, something had to be done.

As a result of the serious campaign to eradicate Monsanto, the mothers were rewarded. Argentina's Supreme Court not only banned chemical spraying near populated areas, but demanded that the government, as well as soy manufacturers, now prove that these chemicals are safe.

Sofia Gatica is now being honored for her great environmental work with the Goldman Environmental prize, a major environmental award given to activists. The story shows just how serious activism can take down most any threat — even Corrupt Monsanto

!Bien echo Sra Gatica!

Greco