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My workers demandedanswers that I didn't have

My workers demanded
answers that I didn't have

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My workers demanded answers that I didn't have.
Duration
5 seconds
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31
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:18
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.
The CEO of Tyson said the American food system Is breaking. - Food and Country 00:07
The CEO of Tyson said the American food system Is breaking.
[man] A lot of people are on the ropes, and things haven't been good anyway. - Food and Country 00:06
[man] A lot of people are on the ropes, and things haven...
[man 2] These folks are part of our family, - Food and Country 00:07
[man 2] These folks are part of our family,
[man 3] The chance of us as farmers surviving just, - Food and Country 00:06
[man 3] The chance of us as farmers surviving just,
Inexpensive food, at some point of the food chain, - Food and Country 00:08
Inexpensive food, at some point of the food chain,
It's changing the systems that caused us to be - Food and Country 00:08
It's changing the systems that caused us to be
[woman] They're all struggling, experimenting, doing whatever it took to survive. - Food and Country 00:08
[woman] They're all struggling, experimenting, doing wh...
Not that a paycheck is everything, but it's like, you know, what is your worth? - Food and Country 00:06
Not that a paycheck is everything, but it's like, you k...
[Ruth] With so many of them in crisis, - Food and Country 00:09
[Ruth] With so many of them in crisis,
I mean, are you surrounded by restaurants that are closing? - Food and Country 00:05
I mean, are you surrounded by restaurants that are closing?
Yeah, that's the saddest part about this neighborhood, - Food and Country 00:09
Yeah, that's the saddest part about this neighborhood,
A lot of empty store fronts, a lot of closed restaurants. - Food and Country 00:08
A lot of empty store fronts, a lot of closed restaurants.
Chinatown was the first to be affected. - Food and Country 00:06
Chinatown was the first to be affected.
Whether that's, you know, stereotypes or prejudices. - Food and Country 00:06
Whether that's, you know, stereotypes or prejudices.
Just making fun of the virus in Chinese names - Food and Country 00:10
Just making fun of the virus in Chinese names
But the hardest thing about this pandemic is that each business - Food and Country 00:11
But the hardest thing about this pandemic is that each busin...
[Ruth] I mean, it was particularly bad timing for you, - Food and Country 00:06
[Ruth] I mean, it was particularly bad timing for you,
I was already in survival mode, but that week leading up to the pandemic, - Food and Country 00:10
I was already in survival mode, but that week leading up to ...
But I'm the primary breadwinner of my family. - Food and Country 00:06
But I'm the primary breadwinner of my family.
All of a sudden, I'm like, how do I take care of my own family - Food and Country 00:09
All of a sudden, I'm like, how do I take care of my own...