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Food and Country

Trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl examines the precarious state of America's food system. A Sundance Film Festival premiere.

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Laura Gabbert

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Box Office

$5,973

Production

Foothill Productions,Real Lava,Sustainable Films,Range Media Partners,The deNovo Initiative,Tiger Tales Media,Bewilder Films,Ideal Partners

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3 nominations

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[man] This is a moment that requires people
to stay at home in the state of California. - Food and Country

[man] This is a moment that requires people to stay at home ...

[woman] Today, I'm issuing a stay-home,
stay-safe order for all Michiganders. - Food and Country

[woman] Today, I'm issuing a stay-home, stay-safe order...

All of us are safer at home. - Food and Country

All of us are safer at home.

I mean, I keep thinking, it can't
get any harder, and then it does. - Food and Country

I mean, I keep thinking, it can't get any harder, and t...

[Ruth] I know, I know. It's
such a frightening time. - Food and Country

[Ruth] I know, I know. It's such a frightening time.

[heavy sigh] - Food and Country

I really can't send cameras
to anyone or, you know... - Food and Country

I really can't send cameras to anyone or, you know...

This is a disaster moment
for the food system. - Food and Country

This is a disaster moment for the food system.

I would be surprised if more
than half of the restaurants - Food and Country

I would be surprised if more than half of the restaurants

And, you know, I think the
farmers are just planting - Food and Country

And, you know, I think the farmers are just planting

The farmers may not sell
all the food that they have. - Food and Country

The farmers may not sell all the food that they have.

And they may or may not find
somebody else to take it. - Food and Country

And they may or may not find somebody else to take it.

I mean, we really need to
rethink everything now, - Food and Country

I mean, we really need to rethink everything now,

[siren wailing] - Food and Country

[siren wailing]

I mean, I think it's important to our
children, I think it's important to the future. - Food and Country

I mean, I think it's important to our children, I think...

And I think food is not
just something you eat, - Food and Country

And I think food is not just something you eat,

Food is elemental
to our survival, - Food and Country

Food is elemental to our survival,

Can you take me through
this whole pandemic process? - Food and Country

Can you take me through this whole pandemic process?

[woman] I was running numbers, and I'm
like, I have to do something different. - Food and Country

[woman] I was running numbers, and I'm like, I have to ...

My workers demanded
answers that I didn't have. - Food and Country

My workers demanded answers that I didn't have.

The CEO of Tyson said the
American food system Is breaking. - Food and Country

The CEO of Tyson said the American food system Is breaking.

[man] A lot of people are on the ropes,
and things haven't been good anyway. - Food and Country

[man] A lot of people are on the ropes, and things haven...

[man 2] These folks
are part of our family, - Food and Country

[man 2] These folks are part of our family,

[man 3] The chance of us
as farmers surviving just, - Food and Country

[man 3] The chance of us as farmers surviving just,

Inexpensive food, at some
point of the food chain, - Food and Country

Inexpensive food, at some point of the food chain,

It's changing the systems
that caused us to be - Food and Country

It's changing the systems that caused us to be

[woman] They're all struggling, experimenting,
doing whatever it took to survive. - Food and Country

[woman] They're all struggling, experimenting, doing wh...

Not that a paycheck is everything, but
it's like, you know, what is your worth? - Food and Country

Not that a paycheck is everything, but it's like, you k...

[Ruth] With so many
of them in crisis, - Food and Country

[Ruth] With so many of them in crisis,

I mean, are you surrounded by
restaurants that are closing? - Food and Country

I mean, are you surrounded by restaurants that are closing?

Yeah, that's the saddest
part about this neighborhood, - Food and Country

Yeah, that's the saddest part about this neighborhood,

A lot of empty store fronts,
a lot of closed restaurants. - Food and Country

A lot of empty store fronts, a lot of closed restaurants.

Chinatown was the
first to be affected. - Food and Country

Chinatown was the first to be affected.

Whether that's, you know,
stereotypes or prejudices. - Food and Country

Whether that's, you know, stereotypes or prejudices.

Just making fun of the
virus in Chinese names - Food and Country

Just making fun of the virus in Chinese names

But the hardest thing about this
pandemic is that each business - Food and Country

But the hardest thing about this pandemic is that each busin...

[Ruth] I mean, it was
particularly bad timing for you, - Food and Country

[Ruth] I mean, it was particularly bad timing for you,

I was already in survival mode, but
that week leading up to the pandemic, - Food and Country

I was already in survival mode, but that week leading up to ...

But I'm the primary
breadwinner of my family. - Food and Country

But I'm the primary breadwinner of my family.

All of a sudden, I'm like, how
do I take care of my own family - Food and Country

All of a sudden, I'm like, how do I take care of my own...

And I just felt like I
had failed everybody. - Food and Country

And I just felt like I had failed everybody.

[man] Okay. So you just talked about
the restaurant, how you pivoted. - Food and Country

[man] Okay. So you just talked about the restaurant, how you...

I called my landlord and I said, - Food and Country

I called my landlord and I said,

And I'm like, there's no way I'm
going to do what everyone's doing - Food and Country

And I'm like, there's no way I'm going to do ...

It's not the... maybe the
banks a little bit, but... - Food and Country

It's not the... maybe the banks a little bit, but...

You know, if this is the foreseeable
future, will you be okay? - Food and Country

You know, if this is the foreseeable future, will you be oka...

[Minh] Uh... I don't
think Porridge & Puffs - Food and Country

[Minh] Uh... I don't think Porridge & Puffs

This is day one, minute one, brand-new business.

- Take care, enjoy cooking.
- Thank you. - Food and Country

- Take care, enjoy cooking. - Thank you.

When I was growing up, - Food and Country

When I was growing up,

Frankly, I had better
things to do with my time. - Food and Country

Frankly, I had better things to do with my time.

[Ruth] Back in the '50s, advertising
began to sell us the idea - Food and Country

[Ruth] Back in the '50s, advertising began to sell us t...

It does take a little practice, takes
you about a week or so to learn. - Food and Country

It does take a little practice, takes you about a week or so...

[Ruth] It was a direct response to the
idea that American food was terrible. - Food and Country

[Ruth] It was a direct response to the idea that American fo...

There is not a... The
best I can do is rhubarb. - Food and Country

There is not a... The best I can do is rhubarb.

- I mean, we have bathrooms that are big as the closet.
- [Ruth] That's true. - Food and Country

- I mean, we have bathrooms that are big as the closet. - [R...

We've been making farm
boxes, because, for me, - Food and Country

We've been making farm boxes, because, for me,

[Brandon] When all of these
restaurants start to close, - Food and Country

[Brandon] When all of these restaurants start to close,

Our order this week for produce
was the smallest it's ever been. - Food and Country

Our order this week for produce was the smallest it's e...

Those are relationships that I have
with farms that are over ten years, - Food and Country

Those are relationships that I have with farms that are over...

You can't just ignore them
for two months or three months - Food and Country

You can't just ignore them for two months or three mont...

[Ruth] The very first farmers I called
were Lee and Bob Jones at Chef's Garden, - Food and Country

[Ruth] The very first farmers I called were Lee and Bob Jone...

You know, we're underwater. We
lost a lot of money in March. - Food and Country

You know, we're underwater. We lost a lot of money in M...

Home delivery, I think, is a good
move, but we're starting from zero. - Food and Country

Home delivery, I think, is a good move, but we're start...

What decisions are
we going to make - Food and Country

What decisions are we going to make

You haven't had to throw
anything out, have you? - Food and Country

You haven't had to throw anything out, have you?

We're planting
literally every day, - Food and Country

We're planting literally every day,

You know, there was definitely
a period there where there was - Food and Country

You know, there was definitely a period there where there wa...

But if we're going down, we're
going to go down fighting. - Food and Country

But if we're going down, we're going to go down fi...

[Ruth] I began thinking about
what might be happening out there - Food and Country

[Ruth] I began thinking about what might be happening out th...

I'm very well, thank you. If
you could tell me the story - Food and Country

I'm very well, thank you. If you could tell me the stor...

You've seen on TV, I'm
sure, and everywhere, - Food and Country

You've seen on TV, I'm sure, and everywhere,

And we're probably not far
from that in the cattle part. - Food and Country

And we're probably not far from that in the cattle part...

So the consumer's paying twice
what they were 60 days ago, - Food and Country

So the consumer's paying twice what they were 60 days a...

[Ruth] It sounds like
the Big Four packers, - Food and Country

[Ruth] It sounds like the Big Four packers,

Exactly. The
packers got so big, - Food and Country

Exactly. The packers got so big,

We could feed a small country
right now with what we're wasting. - Food and Country

We could feed a small country right now with what we're...

- [Ruth] Absolutely.
- [Steve] But our system is so specialized - Food and Country

- [Ruth] Absolutely. - [Steve] But our system is so speciali...

The majority of mass
agriculture in the United States - Food and Country

The majority of mass agriculture in the United States

Other countries can't
spend per capita what we do - Food and Country

Other countries can't spend per capita what we do

For the last 50 years we've
thrown agriculture under the bus - Food and Country

For the last 50 years we've thrown agriculture under th...

[melodic piano music] - Food and Country

[melodic piano music]

Nixon actually had
what were called - Food and Country

Nixon actually had what were called

He encouraged them to
take out huge loans - Food and Country

He encouraged them to take out huge loans

Bless us, O Lord,
and these our gifts, - Food and Country

Bless us, O Lord, and these our gifts,

[Angela] I don't do
much video conferencing, - Food and Country

[Angela] I don't do much video conferencing,

So, tell me what COVID
has been like for you. - Food and Country

So, tell me what COVID has been like for you.

And, in 2013, we put
wheat into our rotation. - Food and Country

And, in 2013, we put wheat into our rotation.

And we've done Sudan
for forage for cattle, - Food and Country

And we've done Sudan for forage for cattle,

Farming economics for the last
eight years has been stressful. - Food and Country

Farming economics for the last eight years has been stressfu...

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Trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl examines the precarious state of America's food system. A Sundance Film Festival premiere.

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Director: Laura Gabbert

Writer: N/A

Production: Foothill Productions,Real Lava,Sustainable Films,Range Media Partners,The deNovo Initiative,Tiger Tales Media,Bewilder Films,Ideal Partners

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: $5,973

Released: 02 Oct 2024

Awards: 3 nominations

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