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FOOD, INC Advance Screening Monday June 8

By Jody Arlington on June 4, 2009 3:53 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Here at Impact we are thrilled to be presenting an advance screening of the documentary FOOD, INC, on Monday, June 8 at 6:00PM at Landmark’s E Street Cinema (555 11th St, NW, WDC)  The screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Robert Kenner, Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma), Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) and food safety advocate Barb Kowalcyk.

In FOOD, INC. Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply 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, insecticide-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.

This is one of the most important documentaries of the year and the discussion promises to be engaging.   In case you can't make the screening, Magnolia Pictures will open FOOD, INC. on June 19 in Washington, DC.