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I feel like every time I turn around, I see Dole Foods in the news. Just so all Food Fighters are on the same page, I thought I'd take a minute to tally "the Tallyman" and his appearances in the news of late.
* Dole and Monsanto team up on veggies
I think I had a nightmare about this once. I mean, this is like Doc Ock and Lex Luthor teaming up, only no superhero to call on for a DC/Marvel smackdown. Read more...
The makers of Bananas! contacted me to ask if there's a Food Fighter who might be interested in attending a screening in Los Angeles tomorrow night (Tuesday, June 23). I'm in the Upper Midwest and can't make it. But I'm extending the invitation to you FFF readers. Any Los Angelinos interested in attending and writing a review for Fair Food Fight?
No pay, but I can extend the generous invitation to you so that you can attend the screening gratis. Please contact El Dragón [eldragonfff [the at symbol] gmail period com] ASAP.
Thanks!
It's Father's Day, so I don't have much time to blog today, but I wanted to get the word out that Smithfield Foods (featured prominently in Food, Inc and in recent swine flu news) is threatening the maker of new documentary Pig Business with a defamation lawsuit. I heard about this from the person tweeting for Pig Business on Twitter. Read more...
Food, Inc is the elephant, and we're all the proverbial blind folks feeling it up, trying to figure out what it is. Is it a lefty attack, a prophetic message, a gross-out, a commercial for organic food? Read more...
A new foodumentary, Bananas! (trailer), has Dole Food Co.'s full attention. From the LA Times: Read more...
Here's a partial list of recent, wide-release foodumentaries with links to their trailers or home sites. If I've missed any good ones, mention them in the comments. (My top three are listed first).
We live in the era of the foodumentary -- the food documentary, that is, a creature of high moral fibrer and deep sincerity. Right now, there are no less than 4 foodumentaries circulating widely through American theaters, each one brimming with irrefutable facts and clarity of vision: End of the Line, Food Inc, Fresh, and Food Fight. Read more...
I like TreeHugger's list a lot. I've only seen three of the five movies mentioned -- one is just now slowly edging its way across the country (Food Fight) -- but I'd recommend the three I've seen.
Here is TreeHugger's list and a few thoughts from El Dragón.
