Farmageddon
DIRECTED BY: Kristin Canty
FEATURING: Jackie Stowers, Linda Faillace, Barbara and Steve Smith, Eric Wagoner, Joel Salatin, Mark McAfee
Kristin Marie Productions
RELEASE DATE: July 8, 2011 (limited)
Back in 2008, the curtain was pulled back on the food industry in a documentary titled Food Inc., which gave us a horrific look at the large food corporations and their horrific practices, as well as the damage they’re doing to small American farms. And like any well–done documentary like it, the movie infuriated the masses, sparking an outlash toward these corporations in hopes of setting things right.
Although a lot of work still needs to be done in that area, unfortunately it also doesn’t end there. There’s many layers of the food industry we don’t see, and therefore don’t know of. Out of sight, out of mind. Which is why it’s so important for people to tell their stories and inform the public of what’s really going on; the more people that know about these things, the more voices you have fighting against it. And that’s what it’s all about: finding the voices to fight the wrongs, like real–life superheroes.
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