Ana Sofia Joanes filmed a documentary about the industrialization of our food sources, the negative consequences, and the exciting things that are happening to counteract the damage being done; I have recommended the film to everyone I know. Even though I had to check the DVD out of the library three times before I could get my guy to watch it, he thanked me for my persistence after he viewed FRESH. We are both much wiser now about the food we eat. Have you watched it yet?
An article by Joanes was recently published on ABCNews.com. In reading it, you can get a sense of her goals. From "Finding a 'FRESH' Way to look at Life":
The blueprint to taking my place in the world was revealed to me in the editing room. While playing and replaying the footage of the farmers who have made it their life work to create local food systems, I begin to process what I witnessed on these farms and connect the dots for my own life.
In one segment, Joel explains that chickens should be allowed to express their chicken-ness, pig their pig-ness, cow their cow-ness. "When you do that," he says, "everything else falls into place."
That's it. How incredibly simple, I thought. What would happen if we focused on expressing our uniqueness -- the Ana-ness of Ana, the Lisa-ness of Lisa? What would fall into place?
Joel's farm epitomizes what happens when we respect the essence of each living creature. Mimicking the dynamics of nature, Joel created a very innovative system where animals are rotating from field to field according to a precise schedule.
Joel's cattle only eat grass so he doesn't feed them animal by-products as is customary in conventional agriculture. Instead ... .
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Note: Click to watch an interview of Joanes in which she talks about why she filmed a documentary about food.
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