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Food and Country

I started with greenpeppers and tomatoes, and it was the tomato thatchanged my world...

I started with green
peppers and tomatoes, and it was the tomato that
changed my world completely

Full Transcript

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I started with green peppers and tomatoes,
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and it was the tomato that changed my world completely.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:26
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.
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...
And so we can't talk about a sustainable, equitable food system, - Food and Country 00:09
And so we can't talk about a sustainable, equitable foo...
In the early 1900s, - Food and Country 00:09
In the early 1900s,
96% of land-owning farmers are white. - Food and Country 00:07
96% of land-owning farmers are white.
And they control 97% of land. - Food and Country 00:05
And they control 97% of land.
So you essentially have a system that is structurally racist - Food and Country 00:13
So you essentially have a system that is structurally racist
[Eric] The vast majority of African American farmland lost - Food and Country 00:07
[Eric] The vast majority of African American farmland lost
So this is not ancient history, this is current history. - Food and Country 00:06
So this is not ancient history, this is current history.
This is very real to people who were - Food and Country 00:06
This is very real to people who were
We have never had the reckoning within our country that we need. - Food and Country 00:05
We have never had the reckoning within our country that we n...