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Bullfrog Films
P.O. Box 149
Oley, PA 19547
Tel: 610/779-8226
Fax: 610/370-1978
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Good Food
An intimate look at the farmers, ranchers, and businesses that are creating a more sustainable food system in the Pacific Northwest.
73 minutes
DVD version with special features available - see below
(57-minute version available on same DVD)
Color / Stereo
Closed Captioned
Grade Level: 7-12, College, Adult
US Release Date: 2008
Copyright Date: 2008
ISBN (VHS): 1-59458-785-X
ISBN (DVD): 1-59458-786-8
Directed by Mark Dworkin, Melissa Young
Produced by Moving Images Video Project
Editor: Mark Dworkin
Screenwriter: Melissa Young, Mark Dworkin
Cinematographer: Mark Dworkin
Music: Jami Sieber, Mark Graham, Los Emocionantes, Jack Knauer Band
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"Offers a celebration of those working to turn things around and make them right." Seattle International Film Festival
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Something remarkable is happening in the fields and orchards of the Pacific Northwest. After leaving the land for decades, family farmers are making a comeback. They are growing much healthier food, and more food per acre, while using less energy and water than factory farms. And most of this food is organic.
For decades Northwest agriculture was focused on a few big crops for export. But climate change and the end of cheap energy mean that each region needs to produce more of its own food and to grow it more sustainably. Good Food visits farmers, farmers' markets, distributors, stores, restaurants and public officials who are developing a more sustainable food system for all.
Other films by Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young are Net Loss, Another World is Possible, Not for Sale, Gene Blues, Islas Hermanas, Risky Business, Argentina: Hope in Hard Times and Argentina: Turning Around.
Note for the deaf and hard of hearing: There are subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH), which are available as a separate option on the main menu. SDH replaces closed captions, is more legible than standard closed captions and works with every method of screening.
DVD version: The DVD includes two versions of the film, the full 73-minute version and a shorter 57-minute version as well as scene selection.
Awards:
Seattle International Film Festival
United Nations Association Film Festival, Stanford
Black Bear Film Festival
Reviews:
"Couldn't be more timely! A film made to awaken our taste buds and our courage--to create a food system aligned with what the earth needs and what our bodies yearn for. GOOD FOOD shows us it's possible. It's happening!" Frances Moore Lappé, author, Diet for a Small Planet, Hope's Edge
"Exhilarating...Chronicles a veritable revolution going on all around us...This one is not out to scare us with an environmental horror story so much as to inspire us." William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Food scarcity may become the dominant issue of our time. This film demonstrates that abundance is possible, when we refocus on regional agriculture and honor those who are making it happen. This film is a celebration of the best of the Northwest, portrayed through food and those whose hands grow it." Michael Ableman, farmer and author, On Good Land, Fields Of Plenty
"A magical, lyrical journey, Good Food shows us that a sustainable future is already here. If anyone has any doubts about whether organic, local food systems can feed us economically and tastefully, they need to see this film." Warren Belasco, Professor of American Studies, University of Maryland, Author, Meals to Come: A History of the Future of Food
"Good Food is an intelligent, sensitive, and very timely witness to the ultimate interdependence of producers and eaters. The warmth and wisdom of this film will inspire and reassure all who continue to work for greater community food security, in communities everywhere." Goldie Caughlan, nutrition educator, PCC Natural Markets, former member National Organic Standards Board
"The best I've seen dealing with local food issues--particularly linking issues of sustainability to the growing demand for locally grown foods. Good Food, subtly but forcefully, makes a compelling case: the best way to be assured of good food is to buy food from people you know and trust. There is no better way of making the case for local foods than through the voices and images of the farmers, food retailers, and eaters of the Pacific Northwest who are proving that eating local is possible and local food can be good food." John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri, Author, Sustainable Capitalism, A Return to Common Sense, Small Farms are Real Farms, and Crisis and Opportunity: Sustainability in American Agriculture
"These aren't small family farms, unless contrasted to corporate industrial operations, but family farms with a large-enough scale of production to supply retail groceries and restaurants, as well as fill farmers' markets and...CSA boxes. And we need that kind of scale to have regional food systems. Yet, consumers can still know the names of the farms and where they are, satisfying that need to connect to the land where their food is grown. I liked this film because it gives us the Pacific Northwest's system of organic, sustainable food as a model for other regions, even with the climate differences. It shows that good food depends upon good farmers, wherever they are." Dana Jackson, Senior Program Associate, Land Stewardship Project, Coordinator, St. Croix River Valley Buy Fresh Buy Local Campaign, named 'Sustainable Woman of Agriculture 2008'
"We had been studying how dysfunctional the whole industrial food system is and the students were getting a little depressed at the prospects of ever eating well. Then they saw your movie and the tide turned for them. Good Food picks up where Broken Limbs andThe Omnivore's Dilemma leave off: with a vision as to how small farmers are already transforming the American diet as well as rural regions of America. Using case studies from Washington and Oregon, the film shows that real, local, fairly produced food is not a hope or a dream, but a reality...I used the film in my Food and the Environment class at the University of Washington and the students loved it...It may even propel some viewers to consider a career in agriculture, an unthinkable prospect for more than a generation. I highly recommend it to anyone who thinks about what she's eating or what he's feeding his family." Michael Kucher, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, University of Washington
"A must-see...It boldly pulls the viewer into the extremely broad and complex landscape of organic food production. Incorporating health and economic impacts in an assessment of our methods of food production and consumption makes this film especially powerful." Laura Skelton, Program Director, Facing the Future
"The film visits many of the pioneers in the movement to 're-localize' our food system and documents, first hand, the tremendous grassroots work that is being done here in the Northwest." Mary Embleton, Executive Director, Cascade Harvest Coalition
"Not only does the film convey the ingenious methods of some of the sustainable producers, but it also shows innovative ways they are marketing their products to help sustain themselves as family farmers." Maurice Robinette, Washington Sustainable Food and Farming Network
"As we go to press, consumers in more than a dozen states are getting sick on tomatoes...This situation again sheds light on an agricultural system dominated by industrial ag and a decreasing number of family farms where livelihood is inextricably linked to the care for and quality of the crops...[Good Food] explores the benefits of operating small, organic farms by pointing to the emergence of an increasing number of small growers and local/organic-only consumers in the Pacific Northwest. Amid stunning visuals of rural Oregon and Washington landscapes, the film introduces viewers to the grain harvesters, ranchers, restaurateurs and distributors who are a part of this movement and connects us with a more sustainable and sensible way of putting good food on our tables." Common Ground
"Captures the joy and creativity of the northwest's sustainable farming community, and the love they have for their work. It looks at the deep human connections created through food, both to other people and to the earth." On Screen Magazine
"Makes the important personal connection between the source and your table." 21 Acres
"After watching this documentary you will be moved to cook and to eat well!" Sound Food
"Excellent, straightforward...does an especially good job showing what the face of small farms and markets look like today." Edible Seattle
"While so many documentaries catalogue the errors and arrogance that contribute to the problems facing our planet, Good Food offers a celebration of those working to turn things around and make them right. The film provides a lively tour...a delectable array." Seattle International Film Festival
"Good Food is an exciting, thoughtful and provocative movie that asks -- and answers -- the question: What could life look like if we really wanted to have healthy food for healthy communities? The film tells inspiring stories of not just what is possible, but what is really happening on the ground and in the ground to restore our farms, our health, and our families and communities." Richard Conlin, Seattle City Council President, Co-founder, Sustainable Seattle
"Loaded with informative in-depth interviews with some of the leaders in this movement in Oregon and Washington, and not to mention beautiful farm and ranch scenes and many many(!) hunger-inducing moments - Good Food is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen on the issue, and is definitely worth a view (or ten...)." La Vida Locavore
"[The film] encourages people to respond to climate change and peak oil by supporting the production of locally grown and distributed foods. Consuming more locally grown foods reduces the distance from field to plate contributing to a more sustainable food system...Good Food shows that it is possible to increase the supply of healthy, local, sustainably grown food." Food and Nutrition Insight newsletter, Washington State Food and Nutrition Council
Related Subjects:
Agriculture
American Studies
Anthropology
Community
Consumerism
Energy
Environment
Fisheries
Food And Nutrition
Food Security
Gardening
Geography
Global Warming
Government
Health
Regional Economics
Sociology
Solutions
Sustainability
Urban and Regional Planning
Voluntary Simplicity
Related Links:
The producer's website for the film
Preview trailer (YouTube)
Related Titles:
Broken Limbs: Looks at the plight of apple growers in the age of globalization, and points the way to sustainable US agriculture.
My Father's Garden: Explores sustainable agriculture and the contrast between chemical and organic farming.
Beyond Organic: A model of community supported agriculture in the midst of suburban sprawl.
We Feed the World: Vividly reveals the dysfunctionality of the industrialized world food system and shows what world hunger has to do with us.
Food: Devising a sustainable food system -- one that is healthy, accessible, and affordable.
Cultivating Change: Garden tour that proves that growing food can be an avenue to social change.
Deconstructing Supper: A leading chef investigates food safety in the age of GMOs and industrial agriculture.
King Corn: By growing an acre of corn in Iowa two friends uncover the devastating impact that corn is having on the environment, public health and family farms.
Risky Business: A discussion-starter on genetically engineered plants and animals.
RADICALLY simple: Author Jim Merkel leads by example on the path to simple and sustainable living.
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