Food, Inc. News

In Chicago's Chipotle loop location at 8 E. Madison, there is a " Food, Inc. " DVD movie sign on the glass partition, and above the image, it says, "I hope that all our customers see this film.

It's fashionable to attack modern farming methods these days, whether it's in trendy books by authors such as Michael Pollan and Jonathan Safran Foer or documentaries such as Food Inc .

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their list of the final group of 15 films that will contend for the Best Documentary Feature award this week, and with said announcement comes a twinge of bittersweetness.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the 15 docus shortlisted for the documentary feature Oscar.

Ever wonder just what makes fast food so fast? Squamish audiences get a chance to learn about the business of mass food production with a screening of Food Inc.

Part of me wants to believe that the Academy is ahead of the curve and that they do their best to look past current flings to try and find films that will make lasting impressions on the industry.

Fifteen feature-length documentaries, the so-called "short list," have qualified as possible Oscar nominees, from a field of 89 films that were eligible for consideration.

Joel is the owner/operator of Polyface Farms in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

The Winston Salem Documentary Club will present Robert Kenner's Food, Inc., at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Lewisville Library Branch auditorium, 6490 Shallowford Road in Lewisville.

GARRISON: The documentary film "Food Inc." will be screened at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20 with the director, Robert Kenner, as guest, the Philipstown Depot Theater announced.

The Baltimore City Public School System became the first district in the nation to adopt Meatless Mondays.

Buy local. Buy organic. Shop at the farmers market. We can recite the mantras of the food movement by heart, thanks in part to important movies such as "Food, Inc." "You can change the world with every bite," we're told at the end of the film.

Food, Inc. lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing how 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.

A capacity crowd filled the Performing Arts Center at Cal Poly on Thursday to hear a controversial debate about so-called sustainable agriculture that featured agribusiness critic Michael Pollan.

You'll never look at dinner the same way again. Taking a peek behind the curtain to see where your hamburgers are coming from, Food, Inc.

Nov. 7, 2009 BECK AT THE MOVIES: Scathing Look at Processed Fast Food, Playing a Soccer Dream on Film Festivals Line Up By Jeff Beck Special to Huntingtonnews.net Editor's Note: The Fall Marshall Artists Series International Film Festival and the WV Fall Festival begin Friday, Nov.

The great documentary "Food, Inc." is out on DVD, and I highly recommend it. One of the big revelvations is how hidden much of the process of producing our food is.

An organic farmer will talk about the importance of knowing what you eat during the American Conservation Film Festival.

Alfred Hitchcock's great romantic/comedy/thriller -- with Cary Grant at his witty, seductive, impeccable best.

New DVDs being released Tuesday, Nov. 3, include "Food, Inc.," "The Answer Man," "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3," "Aliens in the Attic" and "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra." Saving the day on DVD: the military team of "G.I. Joe" and others.