[at-l] "Food, Inc", was WC Sighting

[Steve Landis]

Actually that would be the Faux News movie review.  If you watch the 
entire movie you will see that responsibility for the state of the food 
industry is attributed to both D and R administrations and continues 
today. 

Don't quit now, the D's are eating their own as we type.

Steve

rcli4 at comcast.net wrote:
> I watched the trailer.  The Republicans are trying to kill the poor 
> folks again.  What could Donald Rumsfeld have to do with your food.  
> Why can't they make a movie telling the truth, that will inform folks, 
> not trying to prove Bush was out to get you.  Killing food is not 
> pretty. Bush didn't invent butchering.  Humans have been doing it 
> since the beginning of time.  Most folks on this list have never 
> eaten meat with out injected hormones, ever, in their lives.  I give up.
>
> Quitterclyde
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: Jan Lite
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> To: s landis , at-l at backcountry.net
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> Sent: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:46:47 +0000 (UTC)
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> Subject: [at-l] "Food, Inc", was  WC Sighting
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> Ditto.
> We brought the "Food, Inc." movie here and had a large local food 
> festival surrounding it, very fun and popular.
>
> Plus a panel of five local food folks explaining some of the positive 
> things already being done in our area - voluntary ag districts, 
> exploding interest in farmers markets, a new Farm to Table fresh 
> produce cooperative between farmers and consumers, school gardens that 
> teach kids basic nutrition ("eat your colors, kiddies"), how the local 
> hospital that charges more for crappy industrial food and less for 
> vegetables, fresh fruits and lean protein...
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> The theater had to be persuaded to book, because "documentaries don't 
> do well." But John Q Public surprised them; we sold out both nights. 
> Packed houses. That's 800 people with a little more food awareness 
> than before. The theater is bringing it back in late October, along 
> with the solution-oriented movie "Fresh."
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> See either movie if you can.
>
> To make this trail-related, I haven't thought this much about food 
> since I was thru-hiking.
> ;-)
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> >So I'm sitting in the Carlisle Theatre for the 7:30 showing of Food Inc
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> http://www.foodincmovie.com/ and right in front of me sits WeatherCarrot
>  
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> >who is in town for a awhile.  Chatted briefly after the movie.. Next
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> sighting - PA Ruck?
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> >Steve - go see the movie
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>
> -- 
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