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Food and Country

I'm getting hundreds of calls from beef cattleproducers that are saying, "Cindy, what is...

I'm getting hundreds of calls from beef cattle
producers that are saying, "Cindy, what is wrong
with this market?" Ultimately, aren't these people
putting themselves out of business?

Full Transcript

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I'm getting hundreds of calls
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from beef cattle producers that are saying,
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"Cindy, what is wrong with this market?"
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Ultimately, aren't these people putting themselves out of business?
Duration
13 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
01:22:10
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.
I mean, if nobody's going to raise cattle anymore, - Food and Country 00:08
I mean, if nobody's going to raise cattle anymore,
But they're going towards total vertical integration. - Food and Country 00:05
But they're going towards total vertical integration.
They know that the biggest, most efficient, elite producers - Food and Country 00:09
They know that the biggest, most efficient, elite producers
And when you get to where there's five producers where there was 100, they will unify. - Food and Country 00:09
And when you get to where there's five producers where ...
And they will charge what beef's worth, - Food and Country 00:10
And they will charge what beef's worth,
We have to address this issue of lack of competition - Food and Country 00:17
We have to address this issue of lack of competition
If those senators and representatives are smart, - Food and Country 00:09
If those senators and representatives are smart,
[acoustic guitar strumming] - Food and Country 00:06
[acoustic guitar strumming]
Didn't you feel like... a kind of lightness from that? - Food and Country 00:06
Didn't you feel like... a kind of lightness from that?
Well, it was very strange, actually, Ruth, - Food and Country 00:10
Well, it was very strange, actually, Ruth,
I woke up in the morning the next morning, - Food and Country 00:13
I woke up in the morning the next morning,
Give up," and started crying, - Food and Country 00:09
Give up," and started crying,
I mean, this COVID time has been an interesting time for a lot of people, - Food and Country 00:12
I mean, this COVID time has been an interesting time for a l...
And, you know, I go for a walk every morning, - Food and Country 00:14
And, you know, I go for a walk every morning,
That I am seeing, you know, - Food and Country 00:10
That I am seeing, you know,
[laughing] ...the blossoms on the fruit trees already. - Food and Country 00:07
[laughing] ...the blossoms on the fruit trees already.
The closer look that I'm having. - Food and Country 00:06
The closer look that I'm having.
There are opportunities that have been created due to COVID. - Food and Country 00:08
There are opportunities that have been created due to COVID.
Pre-COVID, we grew a wide variety of vegetables - Food and Country 00:09
Pre-COVID, we grew a wide variety of vegetables
Now, we grow a wide variety of vegetables, - Food and Country 00:18
Now, we grow a wide variety of vegetables,