FRESH: The Movie - Oct. 14, 2009
Posted in Things to Ponder
How aware are you of the problems with our nations food supply? What do you know about the environmental impact of factory farms? Want to know more? Check out FRESH: The Movie. Here’s the movie’s synopses from the website :
“FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across
Among several main characters, FRESH features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, the recipient of MacArthur’s 2008 Genius Award; sustainable farmer and entrepreneur, Joel Salatin, made famous by Michael Pollan’s book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma; and supermarket owner, David Ball, challenging our Wal-Mart dominated economy.”
Intrigued? You shoud also catch the Joel Salatin interview in Mother Earth News Magazine entitled "Everything He Wants to do is Illegal." While the title sounds like he’s up to no good, he’s really just an honest small-time farmer who’s challenging agricultural laws that are in place just to destroy competition for the huge, inhumane, environmentally destructive factory farms.
By the way, you won’t find FRESH on the marquee of your favorite fifteen-screen stadium-seating cineplex. The film is being made available to anyone who wants to organize a screening. Screening have been held in coffee shops, book stores, libraries, and schools. Check out the website to find a screening in your area or to find out how you can host a screening.
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Oct. 15, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by proverbsmama
That sounds like a very interesting piece of work! And why am I not surprised that everything he wants to do is illegal? (sigh) Isn't it awful to distrust our government so much? I hate to think what our forefathers would think if they could see some of what is taking place in this nation.
Thanks for posting about this. I'd not heard about it until you mentioned it.
