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An author, a documentary, Glinda, early influences, and why reading this pays off

So AJ Jacobs was amusing when he spoke at the opening night of the Jewish Book Fair. I was a fan from reading Know-It-All, but hadn’t expected to rush out and buy his new book in hardback, but h… more →

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food inc.

traviswals wrote 14 hours ago: this afternoon i got a text from my buddy taylor informing me of a free screening of the film food, … more →

Tags: Documentary, Life, Video, food inc, Michael Pollan, Omnivore's Dilemma, Robert Kenner

Corn is King!

jackslife wrote 1 week ago: My good friend Chad has a review of the great documentary King Corn up on his blog right now. Check … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Food, health, Netflix

Try Not to Starve After Watching Food Inc. — 4 comments

ktsterling wrote 1 week ago: Ammonia-soaked beef “product,” patents on “life” and 46,000 food products al … more →

Tags: Media/Entertainment, Health/Nutrition, Economics/Government, Nutrition, Diet, weston a. price, health, Corn, food inc

Wicked Delicate Film School comes to Maine!

camdeniff wrote 1 month ago: If you’re a visitor of this blog you probably already know how much we love everyone involved … more →

Tags: CIFF, Film Business, News, Documentary, film, Maine, Camden International Film Festival, Ian Cheney, Curt Ellis

Blame it on Fidel and King Corn — 2 comments

kenleland wrote 1 month ago: Open this in a new tab to listen to original music from the movie while you read! A professional c … more →

Tags: Art, Movie, Review, blame it on fidel, Documentary, Corn, franco, French, spanish

MERCURY: Study finds high-fructose corn syrup contains mercury

Buck Denton wrote 1 month ago: Interesting discussion: More from the Washington Post: Almost half of tested samples of commerc … more →

Tags: Pollution, Video, Corn, Corn Refiners Association, corn syrup, Corn Syrup Mercury, High Fructose Corn Syrup, High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury, Mercury

Movies! — 3 comments

cooperella wrote 2 months ago: Summer is officially upon us. Last week our high temps in Austin hovered around the 95 degree mark, … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Body of Lies, Chris Pine, nixon/frost, Star Trek

King Corn-Aradia K. 4b

bookerhs wrote 2 months ago: The documentary I watched was King Corn, an informative documentary on what us Americans really con … more →

Tags: aradia, Corn

Food, Inc.

bill844 wrote 3 months ago: Robert Kenner’s documentary Food, Inc. was screened at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in D … more →

Tags: Discussing, Movies, films, Supersize Me, food inc, Robert Kenner, Michael Pollan

CIFF ALUMS WIN PEABODY!

camdeniff wrote 3 months ago: Big ups to Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis for their 2008 Peabody Award. Their film, King Corn continues … more →

Tags: Awards, CIFF, Curt Ellis, Documentary, film, Ian Cheney, pbs, Peabody Award, POV

30 Years of Messing Up Food — 4 comments

Rob Smart wrote 3 months ago: Over the weekend, I finally had the opportunity to watch King Corn, a documentary following an acre … more →

Tags: Fast Food, Food, Food Systems, Business, Consumer Food Expenditures, Eric Schlosser, Farmers, Farms, Fast Food

2 Thoughts

freshfoodperspectives wrote 3 months ago: Today I have 2 things on my mind. The first is a word of encouragement. As you embark on a new week, … more →

Tags: perspectives, small goals, Healthy Goals, Omnivore's Dilemma