food fight, cont.

About a week ago, I posted about the upcoming documentary “Food Fight”.

I went to a screening at the AFIfest on Saturday and thought the documentary was really, really good.

Because food is something that I am passionate about, I have taken the time to read, research, watch all available material on the subject. There is a lot of information out there and has resulted in one big conclusion for me: changing how you eat is a major step that you can take to reduce climate change.

This movie is different than other movies I have seen because it is not boring. It engages the audience, talks about food in a smart, sexy way, with added humor. Of course, I saw things that were missing. I make it a goal to know as much as possible, and it is hard to incorporate all the information we have into an entertaining two hours or less. However, I was disappointed that while there was discussion about the industrialization of agriculture, there was no mention of the meat industry. I find this a big flaw because when you talk about food, health, climate change… we all know that making better choices about eating less meat or even choosing better meat has a major impact.

That being said, I do not want to take away from the importance of this film. It will attract a bigger audience then any other documentary by the sheer fact that it is fun and energetic, providing information about food that can be retained. I do think people that see this film will make better food choices, and that is the ultimate goal. Baby steps, right?

Side note… the theater trash cans that were full of empty containers of popcorn, soda and candy… irony that bespeaks to the challenge ahead.

All in all, I will stay on top of this and let you know when it will be available to everyone because you MUST SEE THIS FILM!!!!

HERE is the original post.

and here is a video, that wasn’t posted in the original:
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