To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
[Ruth] It sounds like the Big Four packers
Please log in to add to collections.
Food and Country

It sounds likethe Big Four packers, the meat processors,have too much control?

[Ruth] It sounds like
the Big Four packers, the meat processors,
have too much control?

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.485
[Ruth] It sounds like the Big Four packers,
00:00:03.623 --> 00:00:06.247
the meat processors, have too much control?
Duration
7 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:52
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

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

Movie Summary

Trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl examines the precarious state of America's food system. A Sundance Film Festival premiere.
Exactly. The packers got so big, - Food and Country 00:15
Exactly. The packers got so big,
We could feed a small country right now with what we're wasting. - Food and Country 00:05
We could feed a small country right now with what we're...
- [Ruth] Absolutely. - [Steve] But our system is so specialized - Food and Country 00:10
- [Ruth] Absolutely. - [Steve] But our system is so speciali...
The majority of mass agriculture in the United States - Food and Country 00:11
The majority of mass agriculture in the United States
Other countries can't spend per capita what we do - Food and Country 00:10
Other countries can't spend per capita what we do
For the last 50 years we've thrown agriculture under the bus - Food and Country 00:10
For the last 50 years we've thrown agriculture under th...
[melodic piano music] - Food and Country 00:57
[melodic piano music]
Nixon actually had what were called - Food and Country 00:24
Nixon actually had what were called
He encouraged them to take out huge loans - Food and Country 00:23
He encouraged them to take out huge loans
Bless us, O Lord, and these our gifts, - Food and Country 00:07
Bless us, O Lord, and these our gifts,
[Angela] I don't do much video conferencing, - Food and Country 00:09
[Angela] I don't do much video conferencing,
So, tell me what COVID has been like for you. - Food and Country 00:05
So, tell me what COVID has been like for you.
And, in 2013, we put wheat into our rotation. - Food and Country 00:06
And, in 2013, we put wheat into our rotation.
And we've done Sudan for forage for cattle, - Food and Country 00:11
And we've done Sudan for forage for cattle,
Farming economics for the last eight years has been stressful. - Food and Country 00:06
Farming economics for the last eight years has been stressfu...
We're at cost of production or less. - Food and Country 00:06
We're at cost of production or less.
It's a half a million dollars, almost, - Food and Country 00:06
It's a half a million dollars, almost,
We've got bills up to here. I mean, we are highly leveraged. - Food and Country 00:06
We've got bills up to here. I mean, we are highly lever...
So we're transitioning acres into organic. - Food and Country 00:06
So we're transitioning acres into organic.
Yes, but the hard part is that 36 months of transition. - Food and Country 00:06
Yes, but the hard part is that 36 months of transition.