Food Fight

Food Fight (2008)

Not Rated 27 Mar 2008 • Documentary • 1h 23m
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When we walk into a supermarket, we assume that we have the widest possible choice of healthy foods. But in fact, over the course of the 20th century, our food system was co-opted by corporate forces whose interests do not lie in providing the public with fresh, healthy, sustainably-produced food. Fortunately for America, an alternative emerged from the counter-culture of California in the late 1960s and early 1970s, where a group of political anti-corporate protesters--led by Alice Waters--voiced their dissent by creating a food chain outside of the conventional system. The unintended result was the birth of a vital local-sustainable-organic food movement which has brought back taste and variety to our tables. FOOD FIGHT is a fascinating look at how American agricultural policy and food culture developed in the 20th century, and how the California food movement has created a counter-revolution against big agribusiness.

Aaron Ginsburg, Wade McIntyre, Timothy Fall
Writer
Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, Marion Nestle
Starring

Language: English
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination
Country: United States
Metacritic Score:
DVD Release Date: 06 Nov 2012
Box Office Total:

7.0

IMDb (288 votes)
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