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[reporter] Well, more senators are calling for a hearing
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Food and Country

Well, more senatorsare calling for a hearing to review legislative proposals toimprove...

[reporter] Well, more senators
are calling for a hearing to review legislative proposals to
improve the meat-packing industry

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[reporter] Well, more senators are calling for a hearing
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to review legislative proposals to improve the meat-packing industry.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
01:21:04
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.
In his weekly call with reporters just yesterday, - Food and Country 00:08
In his weekly call with reporters just yesterday,
[woman] I call this hearing - Food and Country 00:10
[woman] I call this hearing
We're going to focus specifically on our cattle markets today. - Food and Country 00:06
We're going to focus specifically on our cattle markets...
[Senator Booker] You know, COVID really showed how fragile our food system is. - Food and Country 00:05
[Senator Booker] You know, COVID really showed how fragile o...
Consumers were paying higher prices for meat, while ranchers were paid less for their cattle. - Food and Country 00:07
Consumers were paying higher prices for meat, while ranchers...
But the big, consolidated companies really made record profits. - Food and Country 00:06
But the big, consolidated companies really made record profi...
So, how did we actually get to the point that there are these hearings? - Food and Country 00:07
So, how did we actually get to the point that there are thes...
Me and three or four or five others being relentless, - Food and Country 00:08
Me and three or four or five others being relentless,
I mean, I have flown and met with countless senators and legislators. - Food and Country 00:08
I mean, I have flown and met with countless senators and leg...
I'm getting hundreds of calls - Food and Country 00:13
I'm getting hundreds of calls
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,