RE: [SouthBayVeggies] Fresh + Pollan + Marion Nestle: Hot food issues include eat less meat

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Sunny.

 

I'm glad that you were able to get a DVD of the movie FRESH at that SF premier.

However, the movie's website (at http://www.freshthemovie.com/watch-fresh/) says

" We are not yet selling DVDs of FRESH. We want every supporter to take this

opportunity to host a home screening of FRESH and share it with your friends.

If you're not interested in sharing this film, you can sign up to be notified

when individual DVDs are available. "

 

To find a public showing of FRESH in your area (or any particular area), go to

http://action.freshthemovie.com/p/d/freshthemovie/event/events-display.sjs

 

-- Mike

 

 

sunny_outdoors [sunny_outdoors]

Monday, January 18, 2010 1:44 PM

 

[southBayVeggies] Fresh + Pollan + Marion Nestle: Hot food issues

include eat less meat

 

 

 

#1

The Movie FRESH is available in DVD. I purchased a copy during a SF

prememire over 4 months ago.

The movie is a great movie with lots of repeat-information for me. (I

follow up on these things like...my friend Carmen lee)

 

One thing I did learn is that the precious manure from the cows can NOT be

used as fertilizers due to the HIGH amount of pesticide in the MANURE. Now,

,,, that's sad to hear. Just think what people are feeding into their

bodies eat time they eat meat. (yea, I'm preaching to the choir who

already knows this stuff)

 

Just think they are trying to bury this billions of tons of manure,,,

forever... Toxic toxic toxic

 

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#2

 

Great lecture, don't miss this dynamic in-demand speaker. He's not a veg

but people are eating less meat, especially factory farm meat due to his

book/lectures. People like Michael Pollan and Marion Nestle if they tell

people to go veg, millions will follow...

 

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Posted by carmen

 

Jan. 27, 2010 Silicon Valley Reads: One Book, One Community Kickoff Event

 

Michael Pollan, Author, The Ominvore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food

Mike Cassidy, Columnist, San Jose Mercury News

 

According to Pollan, the advent of " nutritionism " has vastly complicated how

Americans see food, without doing very much for our health. Nutritionism

arose

to deal with genuine issues - addressing chronic diseases such as obesity,

diabetes and many cancers - but now seems to be obscuring and perpetuating

the

real problems of the American diet, says Pollan. His opening manifesto is

simple: " Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. " Learn how living by this

deceptively simple advice could immensely improve your life.

 

Location: Campbell Heritage Theatre, 1 W. Campbell Ave., Campbell

Time: 7:30 p.m. program, 8:30 p.m. book signing

Cost: FREE

Seats are first come, first served. Co-presented by the Santa Clara Office

of

Education, Santa Clara County Library, San Jose Public Library Foundation

and

The Commonwealth Club.

http://commonwealthclub.org

 

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<carmen_cebs wrote:

 

Hot food issues ready to boil over this year (excerpt) Marion Nestle Sunday,

January 3, 2010

 

Meat: The meat industry has been under fire for raising food animals under

inhumane conditions, using unnecessary hormones and antibiotics, mistreating

immigrant labor, and polluting soil and water. Now it is also under fire for

contributing to climate change.

Recent films like " Food, Inc. " and " Fresh " and books such as Jonathan Safran

Foer's " Eating Animals " are encouraging people to become vegetarians or to

eat less meat to promote the health of people and the planet. I'll bet the

meat industry pushes back hard on this one.

 

Sustainable agriculture: The back-to-the land movement has loads of people

buying local food, choosing foods produced under more sustainable conditions

and growing their own food. The number of small farms in America increased

last year for the first time in a century. Seed companies cannot keep up

with the demand. It will be fun to follow what happens with this trend.

 

Genetically modified (GM) foods: My book, " Safe Food, " comes out in a new

edition this year, so I am paying especially close attention to debates

about GM foods. The FDA's 1994 decision to prohibit labeling of GM foods

continues to haunt the food biotechnology industry. By now, nearly all

American soybeans and sugar beets (95 percent) are GM, as is most corn (60

percent). But when the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved GM sugar

beets in 2005, it neglected to perform the required environmental impact

assessment. On that basis, environmental groups want to ban further planting

of GM sugar beets. The dispute is now in the courts.

 

Dietary advice: The new edition of Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which

the government publishes every five years, is due this year. What will it

say? I can't wait to find out.

 

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/03/FDHJ1BAK5U.DTL

 

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