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Food for Thought - Important Issues Affecting our Food

Food for Thought, explores some of the progressive choices people are making in the name of responsible food consumption.

What are you eating this holiday season? Now, more than ever, people are thinking carefully about the food they consume.

Many of us are seeking sustainable, ethical, equitable and environmentally friendly approaches to food production and distribution.

Food for Thought, explores these issues and some of the progressive choices people are making in the name of responsible food consumption. 

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Ottawa Citizen - Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 (Ottawa, Canada)"Nutrition Claims on Food for Children can Mislead" - ReutersMost food products aimed specifically at children have poor nutritional content even though more than half of them are marketed...

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Dossier Contents

Envisioning Food Sovereignty: Opal's Story
Envisioning Food Sovereignty: Opal's Story
“Envisioning Food Sovereignty” is a participatory, arts based research project that illuminates the tensions within ...
Gorilla Food
Any documentary is only as good as its subject....in this case the sweet and community minded Aaron talks about his reas...
The Future of Food - Introduction
There is a revolution going on in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America, a revolution that is transforming...
SeeMore Green Collective Garden
This is a profile of the See More Green Collective Garden on the Dalhousie University campus in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  ...
Lynn and Harriet
Lynn and Harriet
Does Lynn have the heart to eat a pig that she has come to love?...
Le Spirite Lounge
Le Spirite Lounge
The story of Le Spirite Lounge, a Montreal restaurant, and the unique character who runs it. For more info ...
Diversidad (Trailer)
Diversidad (Trailer)
The trailer for Diversidad, a film exploring food security and sustainable agricultural practices in today's world....
The Gift
The Gift
A film that explores the rich history and sacred relationship that indigenous people have with corn....
Contaminated
Contaminated
Food activists explain potential dangers of GE food & the threat to world food supplies....
Organic Prophecies
Organic Prophecies
Armed with a PhD in Chemistry, Dr. Ken Taylor went into organic farming with a mission to produce good, safe food....
Deconstructing Supper (Clip 1)
Deconstructing Supper (Clip 1)
Chef & restaurant owner John Bishop realizes the growing concern around GMO food and feels that he needs to address this...
Deconstructing Supper (Clip 2)
Deconstructing Supper (Clip 2)
An animated explanation how genetic engineering differs from traditional breeding....
Deconstructing Supper (Clip 3)
Deconstructing Supper (Clip 3)
Luke Anderson, a UK food activist....
Deconstructing Supper (Clip 4)
Deconstructing Supper (Clip 4)
Chef John Bishop's quest ends with a locally produced feast in India....
Diversidad (Clip 3) The Watts Garden Club
Diversidad (Clip 3) The Watts Garden Club
A visit to The Watts Garden Club and an interview with its founder, "The Seed Lady", Anna Marie Carter....
Diversidad (Clip 6) Bringing it Back Home
Diversidad (Clip 6) Bringing it Back Home
Back home in Canada, Geneva tries to integrate what she has learned into her everyday life....
Diversidad (Clip 2) Biking With Farmer Bill/The Struggle of the Farm Workers
Diversidad (Clip 2) Biking With Farmer Bill/The Struggle of the Farm Workers
The activists learn about agriculture from Farmer Bill and visit a resource center for illegal farm workers....
Diversidad (Clip 5) Roots of Oaxaca
Diversidad (Clip 5) Roots of Oaxaca
After Cancun, Mexican farmers bring a message of conservation and biodiversity back to their villages....
Diversidad (Clip 1) What is Sustainability?
Diversidad (Clip 1) What is Sustainability?
An activist from the caravan outlines her vision of sustainability....
Diversidad (Clip 4) Cancun: Outside the WTO Meeting
Diversidad (Clip 4) Cancun: Outside the WTO Meeting
Scenes of protesters and the words of a South Korean farmer who killed himself outside the WTO meeting....
Animals, a film by Jason Young (clip 1)
Animals, a film by Jason Young (clip 1)
Jason Young buys a farm and learns to rear and slaughter farm animals....
Animals, a film by Jason Young (clip 2)
Animals, a film by Jason Young (clip 2)
Preparing for slaughter....
Bacon, the film; by Hugo Latulippe (clip 1)
Bacon, the film; by Hugo Latulippe (clip 1)
A pork producer takes us through the steps of modern hog production....
Bacon, the film; by Hugo Latulippe (clip 2)
Bacon, the film; by Hugo Latulippe (clip 2)
Pig farms are polluting water sources in Quebec...
Food Space
Food Space
Concerned students have taken it upon themselves to produce and distribute affordable, healthy food for the University p...
Bacon, the film; by Hugo Latulippe (clip 3)
Bacon, the film; by Hugo Latulippe (clip 3)
A hog farmer talks matter-of-factly about pork production in Quebec....
Mildred's Son.
Mercury Rising
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
Bus to Cancun
Jean-Marc production still
Caravan to Cancun
Stefan production still
Salinas, California
Diversidad Mural
Diversidad Mural
Vancouver send-off
Farmer Pedro Batista Rojas
Corn in the Clouds
DDC at the Mexican border
Melissa on the Highway
The Golden Gate Bridge
Harriet
Don't be shy!
The crew
Gather around
Friends
Fresh Sawdust

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