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Food and Country

"Had" is the keyword there. It took me 25years to build this

"Had" is the key
word there. [laughs] [Marcus] It took me 25
years to build this

Full Transcript

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"Had" is the key word there. [laughs]
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[Marcus] It took me 25 years to build this.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:58
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.
When people said, Ruth, everybody's left New York City, - Food and Country 00:08
When people said, Ruth, everybody's left New York City,
[Marcus] There are deli workers, nurses, - Food and Country 00:08
[Marcus] There are deli workers, nurses,
And on top of that, every day, Harlem gets busloads of homeless, - Food and Country 00:13
And on top of that, every day, Harlem gets busloads of homel...
[Ruth] One of the things that I'm looking at is, - Food and Country 00:10
[Ruth] One of the things that I'm looking at is,
- Wow. Do you know this amazing woman, Karen Washington? - No. - Food and Country 00:06
- Wow. Do you know this amazing woman, Karen Washington? - N...
She's fierce. You'll love her. - Food and Country 00:05
She's fierce. You'll love her.
All right. Let's make sure everybody got their order. - Food and Country 00:05
All right. Let's make sure everybody got their order.
When I moved to the Bronx, I had a huge backyard, and I decided, you know what? - Food and Country 00:06
When I moved to the Bronx, I had a huge backyard, and I deci...
I started with green peppers and tomatoes, - Food and Country 00:09
I started with green peppers and tomatoes,
Because prior to that, tomatoes were always pink, they were never red. - Food and Country 00:05
Because prior to that, tomatoes were always pink, they were ...
And so when I grew this tomato, first of all, - Food and Country 00:07
And so when I grew this tomato, first of all,
And when I picked it and I bit into it, it just rocked my world. - Food and Country 00:06
And when I picked it and I bit into it, it just rocked my wo...
The taste was so intense, so sweet, and I was hooked. - Food and Country 00:07
The taste was so intense, so sweet, and I was hooked.
COVID hit communities of color so hard, - Food and Country 00:11
COVID hit communities of color so hard,
The high incidence of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, obesity. - Food and Country 00:07
The high incidence of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, obesity...
I've been on this journey, getting politicians and people to understand - Food and Country 00:14
I've been on this journey, getting politicians and peop...
When you talk about food desert, you're not getting the underlying problem - Food and Country 00:10
When you talk about food desert, you're not getting the...
It's important that we look at our food system to see who's growing the food. - Food and Country 00:06
It's important that we look at our food system to see w...
Because out of 57,000 farmers in New York state, - Food and Country 00:12
Because out of 57,000 farmers in New York state,
- Oh, my God. - You tell me, you tell me what I'm fighting for. - Food and Country 00:06
- Oh, my God. - You tell me, you tell me what I'm fight...