Eleven year old Birke Baehr speaks to us about What is Wrong with Our Food System. His persuasion will have you cheering, just like it did us.
“Attaboy! Birke! Keep up the great work!
Bill S 510 gains momentum as one of the most controversial Bills yet. This food regulation bill has the potential to restrict growing to large commercial farms. This means, no gardens, no farmer's markets, no CSAs, nothing. We're keeping a close eye on this one.
READ BILL S 510 - Summary, Full text, and Status
Senate Bill on Food Safety Is Stalled
- As reported by the NY Times
FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.
Screenings only.
Fresh: New thinking about what we’re eating.
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.
On DVD now.
FOOD Inc. : You’ll Never Look At Dinner The Same Way Again
A must see, Irena Salina's award-winning documentary probes into the fight for fresh water. We are running out of water on a global level, which includes the U.S. How does this affect our economical and political structures as well as our human rights? Is the World Bank the new fresh water cartel? This undaunting eye-opener will leave you thirsty for knowledge.
On DVD now.
FLOW : How Did a Handful of Corporations Steal Our Water?
A fresh perspective on life and the diversity of food culture
After being diagnosed with cancer, Val Rae Jacobson refused modern medical intervention and moved forward with her own treatment. Seven months later, Val is cancer-free, healthy, and happily living well in the Kansas City area. In her endeavors, Val has become quite the raw foods culinarian and shares her experiences, expertise, and amazing recipes with us on her blog What's Not Cooking At Val's.
To access Val's blog, go to http://demoanddinelive.blogspot.com.
Enjoy and be well.
A celebration of wholesome food and culture
Since her debut of Eating Well In Kansas City in Summer 2010, Jill Dutton continues to bring to us a celebration of whole, seasonal, organic, and local eating.
From her premier issue, Jill writes, " My hope is that we can all have access to these valuable, life-sustaining and life-enhancing food choices. Eating Well in Kansas City will be filled with local food news, feature articles on the benefits of sustainable living, and of course, recipes, so we may all reap the benefits of the lesson my sister taught me years ago.
Here’s to eating well…"
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