Join Us for a Movie and Panel Discussion that May Change the Way You Think About Food
Warning: Unlike just about everything else you read in this blog, the following information will not make you hungry.
Food Inc., a new movie that investigates the food industry and may leave you feeling a tad uncomfortable about what you’re serving your families, is coming to the State Theatre August 21st, with showings until the 27th.
According to the movie’s official Web site, our nation’s food “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.”
With interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) and Michael Pollan, the movie “reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.”
Homegrown Happy Valley is teaming up with the State Theatre for a panel discussion following the 4 P.M. screening of Food Inc. on Saturday, August 22nd. The panel will address broad issues raised in the film—the global food crisis, factory farming, how the food industry affects the environment—while educating audience members about the sustainable food options in our own backyard.
The panel will include Kim Tait of Tait Farm; Brian Snyder, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA); Bruce A. McPheron, new dean of Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences; Mark Ott, Food Service Director for Bald Eagle Area School District; and Chef Harrison Schailey, local food supporter and owner of Harrison’s Wine Grill & Catering.
With waiting lists to join some of the area’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs, more of our restaurants using local ingredients, and an overall awareness in this community that we need to change the way we think about food, we expect the film and the panel discussion to attract a large audience. For tickets, contact the State Theatre.
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August 23rd, 2009 at 11:31 pm
This documentary definitely changed the way I think! I became vegan 4 months ago, and now I am trying to become a locavore too! Thank you for showing that film, State Theatre!