Monday, October 5, 2009

Food, Inc. is Screening in North Bay!


If you are a person in Northern Ontario that is concerned about food and farming, you definitely won't want to miss this!

Food, Inc. is going to be screening in North Bay's Galaxy Cinema on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 7:30 pm. The show is being hosted by North Bay Film {go check out their webby for other awesome movies coming to town!}.

This blurb is from North Bay Films info page about Food, Inc.

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won’t go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.

And here is a trailer:



Sláinte!

Laurel

6 comments:

Bek said...

It does seem like a good part of the world you live in. Always something good going on!

nefaeria said...

It has it's perks. ;) But you have border morris! :D

Anonymous said...

this is a good movie. i think that you will enjoy it.

perma_culture said...

This is such a great movie. I hope you enjoy it!

nefaeria said...

Thanks folks, I am sure that I will! :)

Rose said...

Got this one in my Netflix queue.. though why I need to watch another video when I already know so much is a mystery to me lol..