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Food and Country

Our sales plummeted, and lack of tips was ahuge blow to my workers when we stopped...

Our sales plummeted, and lack of tips was a
huge blow to my workers when we stopped our
restaurant operations

Full Transcript

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Our sales plummeted,
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and lack of tips was a huge blow to my workers
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when we stopped our restaurant operations.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:29
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.
My employees formed a collective to, like, - Food and Country 00:11
My employees formed a collective to, like,
So I was like, how do I take care of my workers - Food and Country 00:08
So I was like, how do I take care of my workers
And the only answer to me was worker ownership. - Food and Country 00:07
And the only answer to me was worker ownership.
[Ruth] I'm fascinated and admiring of your efforts - Food and Country 00:09
[Ruth] I'm fascinated and admiring of your efforts
Living your principles in your work life is really difficult. - Food and Country 00:06
Living your principles in your work life is really difficult...
I mean, as I told you, - Food and Country 00:12
I mean, as I told you,
In 1973, we put everything we owned, including our cat, - Food and Country 00:09
In 1973, we put everything we owned, including our cat,
And after the Vietnam War movement, we started looking - Food and Country 00:10
And after the Vietnam War movement, we started looking
We see that American food is becoming industrialized. - Food and Country 00:06
We see that American food is becoming industrialized.
But what we were seeing now were the environmental costs - Food and Country 00:08
But what we were seeing now were the environmental costs
People started protesting. - Food and Country 00:05
People started protesting.
Everyone I knew was reading Diet for a Small Planet. - Food and Country 00:10
Everyone I knew was reading Diet for a Small Planet.
I started cooking at a restaurant collective called The Swallow. - Food and Country 00:06
I started cooking at a restaurant collective called The Swal...
I was writing occasional - Food and Country 00:08
I was writing occasional
And one of my editors said, "Have you ever thought about being a restaurant critic?" - Food and Country 00:27
And one of my editors said, "Have you ever thought abou...
And then the LA Times called me and said, "We want you to be our restaurant critic." - Food and Country 00:10
And then the LA Times called me and said, "We want you ...
I first met Alice in 1973. - Food and Country 00:07
I first met Alice in 1973.
I thought she was the most glamorous, exciting creature. - Food and Country 00:06
I thought she was the most glamorous, exciting creature.
I lived in a commune in a broken-down old house. - Food and Country 00:07
I lived in a commune in a broken-down old house.
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,