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Food and Country

But I think thesurprising thing is, we are seeing dramaticnew willingness of lots and lots...

But I think the
surprising thing is, we are seeing dramatic
new willingness of lots and lots of independent restaurants
to totally change their business models

Full Transcript

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But I think the surprising thing is,
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we are seeing dramatic new willingness
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of lots and lots of independent restaurants to totally change their business models.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:34
Uploaded
Apr 02, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Foothill Productions,Real Lava,Sustainable Films,Range Media Partners,The deNovo Initiative,Tiger Tales Media,Bewilder Films,Ideal Partners

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Movie Summary

Trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl examines the precarious state of America's food system. A Sundance Film Festival premiere.
[woman] I get my affinity for fighting against any kind of injustice from my mom. - Food and Country 00:07
[woman] I get my affinity for fighting against any kind of i...
When we were made fun of in school, she would, like, teach folks about Arab culture. - Food and Country 00:07
When we were made fun of in school, she would, like, teach f...
And she always made sure that anyone who came through our household was fed. - Food and Country 00:06
And she always made sure that anyone who came through our ho...
And I started to see the virtue of Arab hospitality. - Food and Country 00:06
And I started to see the virtue of Arab hospitality.
[Ruth] You are trying to use this time - Food and Country 00:08
[Ruth] You are trying to use this time
Our sales plummeted, - Food and Country 00:10
Our sales plummeted,
My employees formed a collective to, like, - Food and Country 00:11
My employees formed a collective to, like,
So I was like, how do I take care of my workers - Food and Country 00:08
So I was like, how do I take care of my workers
And the only answer to me was worker ownership. - Food and Country 00:07
And the only answer to me was worker ownership.
[Ruth] I'm fascinated and admiring of your efforts - Food and Country 00:09
[Ruth] I'm fascinated and admiring of your efforts
Living your principles in your work life is really difficult. - Food and Country 00:06
Living your principles in your work life is really difficult...
I mean, as I told you, - Food and Country 00:12
I mean, as I told you,
In 1973, we put everything we owned, including our cat, - Food and Country 00:09
In 1973, we put everything we owned, including our cat,
And after the Vietnam War movement, we started looking - Food and Country 00:10
And after the Vietnam War movement, we started looking
We see that American food is becoming industrialized. - Food and Country 00:06
We see that American food is becoming industrialized.
But what we were seeing now were the environmental costs - Food and Country 00:08
But what we were seeing now were the environmental costs
People started protesting. - Food and Country 00:05
People started protesting.
Everyone I knew was reading Diet for a Small Planet. - Food and Country 00:10
Everyone I knew was reading Diet for a Small Planet.
I started cooking at a restaurant collective called The Swallow. - Food and Country 00:06
I started cooking at a restaurant collective called The Swal...
I was writing occasional - Food and Country 00:08
I was writing occasional