JULY 30, 2009 ISSUE
Food, Inc.— Exposing the Details of the American Industrial Food Industry
Special Film Screening at Dragonfly Theater & Pub Sunday
High Country Local Food enthusiasts High Country Locavore, Slow Food of Boone and Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture are co-hosting a screening of the recently released film Food, Inc. at the Dragonfly Theater and Pub, located at 215 Boone Heights Drive in Boone, this Sunday, August 2, from 5:30 to 10:00 p.m. Tickets cost $10.
High Country Locavore sees Food, Inc. as a catalyst for awareness of issues related to food as it highlights the many benefits of a food system centered on local foods. Interested in accountability in the food systems, High Country Locavore’s Jeffery Scott is interested in the film, he said, “because it is a light being shined into the shadows of where foods from industrialized systems come from.”
Robert Kenner’s film Food, Inc. has been described as lifting the veil on the nation's food industry as it exposes details often hidden from the consumers’ view. Kenner’s view is that “our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, [resulting in Americans being] riddled with widespread obesity and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.” With interviews with Eric Schlosser of Fast Food Nation and Michael Pollan of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, along with socially-minded entrepreneurs like Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. is interested in investigation into the details of what we eat and how it's produced.
Joel Salatin, who is the owner of Polyface Farms and is featured in Food, Inc., speaks to a crowd at the High Country Local Food Summit hosted by the ASU Sustainable Development program. Photo by Kehren Barbour
This Sunday, Food, Inc. begins at 6:00 p.m., but participants are encouraged to arrive early to mingle with other attendees. Following the movie, attendees will enjoy a 45-minute panel discussion and question-and-answer session with local farmers, a representative from Watauga County Cooperative Extension office and a few other special guests. At completion of the panel discussion, the night will finish up with a performance by local southern indie rock band The Worthless Son-in-Laws.
Interested in supporting socially responsible events, Dragonfly Theater and Pub, in addition to co-hosting the event, will serve local produce and local meats during the screening.
High Country Locavore is a local organization begun by a concerned group of citizens interested in building awareness to issues related to local food production, food distribution, encouraging the consumption of local foods and details related to compost and farmland conservation.
For more information on Food, Inc., click to www.foodincmovie.com.
For more information on High Country Locavore, click to www.highcountrylocovore.org.
For more information on the screening or to purchase tickets, stop by Dragonfly Theater and Pub or call 828-262-3222.
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Date: Sunday, August 2
Time: 5:30 to 10:00 p.m.
Location: Dragonfly Theater and Pub, Boone
Cost: $10
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