In Search of Good Food: Similar Projects

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Similar Projects

Merry Christmahannukawanzaapalooza!

I hope that your late winter holiday and family celebrations are going well, and just wanted to announce a few things.

First, another screening of the movie will take place in January, this time on the 27th at the 31st annual Eco-Farm conference in Pacific Grove, CA. Check here for info on the conference...it usually sells out, so don't wait if you plan on going!

Second, a couple of friends' projects with a very similar idea as In Search of...

1) FARM RUN --A guy named Andrew contacted me on his country-wide trip looking at urban agriculture projects. We chatted for a bit over coffee, and wished each other luck in our projects!

2) FARM TOGETHER NOW--Friend Amy Franceschini put together this new book consisting of photos and interviews with farmers from around the country, urban and rural.

Best wishes for your end of 2010!
Antonio

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What is this blog?

This blog chronicles the making of the movie "In Search of Good Food", as well as events and topics relating to the movie.

In Search of Good Food follows Antonio Roman-Alcalá, an urban farming activist from San Francisco, on his search for the "sustainable" food system in California.

The film attempts to answer the question: does the sustainable food system actually exist? And if it doesn't, what is preventing it from becoming reality?

Built off of footage from a two-month trip around the state in early 2008, In Search of Good Food features interviews with farmers, farmworkers, wildlife advocates, cultural biologists, university professors, historians, educators, grassroots groups, organic foods distributors, the CA secretary of agriculture, and many others who form the various arms of this movement to ensure an ongoing supply of healthy, ecologically and locally-produced, economically affordable food for all Californians.

Mixing street interviews with food consumers; the perspectives and stories of advocates; animations; and footage of both the bucolic countryside and hectic city, In Search of Good Food presents both a compelling argument for the need for a better food system, and incisive criticism of the limited effectiveness of consumer-based solutions.

In Search of Good Food will make you think beyond "voting with your fork", to the real challenges and opportunities that we face in creating a safe, just, and sustainable food system that provides good food for all.

Who best to answer the questions of how to make change happen, than those working to make it happen?

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