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I lived in a commune in a broken-down old house
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I lived in a commune ina broken-down old house

I lived in a commune in
a broken-down old house

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I lived in a commune in a broken-down old house.
Duration
7 seconds
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25
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:25
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.
We were kind of scruffy, and Alice always felt, to me, - Food and Country 00:11
We were kind of scruffy, and Alice always felt, to me,
The way we've always worked has been collaboratively. - Food and Country 00:08
The way we've always worked has been collaboratively.
For 50 years, we've been buying directly - Food and Country 00:11
For 50 years, we've been buying directly
Because when we said to Bob Cannard, - Food and Country 00:16
Because when we said to Bob Cannard,
Because we followed his cycle, not ours. - Food and Country 00:07
Because we followed his cycle, not ours.
And once we got in his rhythm, we've never looked back. - Food and Country 00:08
And once we got in his rhythm, we've never looked back.
And he brought all the values right through the kitchen door. - Food and Country 00:07
And he brought all the values right through the kitchen door...
To think that that biodiversity is out there, - Food and Country 00:10
To think that that biodiversity is out there,
[laughing] - Food and Country 00:10
[laughing]
[Bren] What we did was ask the ocean, - Food and Country 00:06
[Bren] What we did was ask the ocean,
And when you ask the ocean what to grow, the ocean says, - Food and Country 00:16
And when you ask the ocean what to grow, the ocean says,
So kelp is the ultimate specialty boutique food right now, right? - Food and Country 00:06
So kelp is the ultimate specialty boutique food right now, r...
And we're repurposing our crops to non-food. - Food and Country 00:06
And we're repurposing our crops to non-food.
The bioplastics for N95 masks. - Food and Country 00:05
The bioplastics for N95 masks.
But that's the sort of "don't let a crisis go to waste," right? - Food and Country 00:07
But that's the sort of "don't let a crisis go...
I believe in polyculture because that allows for resilience. - Food and Country 00:07
I believe in polyculture because that allows for resilience.
That quadrant farm, where we're harvesting food, - Food and Country 00:10
That quadrant farm, where we're harvesting food,
We're harvesting data, and we're harvesting carbon and nitrogen. - Food and Country 00:07
We're harvesting data, and we're harvesting carbon...
You have a crop fail, you've got many, many different things - Food and Country 00:07
You have a crop fail, you've got many, many different t...
- [pulley whirs] - I'm going to move a little bit. - Food and Country 00:05
- [pulley whirs] - I'm going to move a little bit.