FRESH The Movie

www.freshthemovie.com

"FRESH is just that--an upbeat and wonderfully fresh look at our food system and how to make it work better for the health of humans and the planet. It’s a must see for everyone who eats."
-Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor,
Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University

“We all know about the problems with the American food system, but what about the solutions? FRESH is a bracing, even exhilarating look at the whole range of efforts underway to renovate the way we grow food and feed ourselves.”
-Michael Pollan, Author, In Defense of Food

 

"Absolutely first-rate...The film is not a preach-fest; it’s an informative, inspirational, swiftly-edited and beautifully scored movie. What the doc does best is demonstrate… that nature's own ways of doing things - nature's food chain, nature's circle of life - is, ultimately, the best treatment of land and livestock."
-Moving Pictures Magazine

"FRESH, The Movie, in contrast to Food Inc. presents a vision of the possible by profiling heroes all over the country who are changing the way we eat. FRESH'S strength is that it shows…how organic, ecological farming methods can be viable."
-EcoSalon.com

"It is becoming increasingly clear that for all its past benefits, the industrial food system no longer serves the best interests of people or the planet. FRESH begins to suggest what at least part of our future food system might look like...."
-Frederick Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

"FRESH is a rich and inspiring meal. FRESH offers not only a serious look at where we are and a useful primer on how we got there, but repeated heart-lifting demonstrations that there are ways to produce food that are safer, kinder and more natural."
-Joan Gussow, Author, and Professor Emeritus (Nutrition), Columbia University Teachers College

 I really want to see this movie...there are screenings in June in Silver Spring, MD and in Washington DC (none in Richmond of course)...I think I may have to make a trip up there just to see it. Anyone else interested?

Child Nutrion Bill Stalled

Maybe I am lame by copying and pasting an email I got from ADA on here, but this is important! The Child Nutrition bill is stalled in Congress and it needs your help!

Child Nutrition programs make a difference to many American kids: this bill helps update the program to improve the nutritional standards,  provides additional funding, and promotes the use of farm to school programs. Slow Food USA has a really easy link to help you identify your senators and send them the right message regarding the child nutrition act.
click here.

"Child Nutrition Programs Need Your Support: Contact Your Senators Today

On March 24, the Senate Agriculture Committee unanimously passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. Unfortunately, momentum on the bill has since stalled. With a crowded summer Congressional calendar, the bill could miss the current September 30 deadline for passage if ADA members don't act to tell Senate leaders: "Get this done – now!"

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 invests $4.5 billion in new child nutrition program funding over the next 10 years, and includes numerous ADA priorities such as updating national nutrition standards for all foods sold in schools; stronger school wellness policies; increased meal reimbursements; funding child nutrition research; and establishing professional standards for school nutrition directors. 

To continue the bill's movement toward passage, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln (D.-Ark.) and Ranking Member Saxby Chambliss (R.-Ga.) are circulating a "Dear Colleague" letter addressed to Senate leadership, asking them to prioritize and make time for the bill on the Senate floor. We need as many Senators as possible to sign on to this letter to show broad support for getting the Child Nutrition Reauthorization done before September30. 

Please call, fax or e-mail your Senator's office and ask him or her to sign onto this letter. The deadline for Senators to sign on is May 19."