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Food and Country

COVID was the wake-up call. The moment we couldn't ignore. Our broken foodsystem was...

[siren wailing] COVID was the wake-up call. The moment we couldn't ignore. Our broken food
system was exposed. The abundance that we as Americans
are used to could just go away. It could all end. I've been writing about
food for 50 years, trying to get Americans
to care more about it. [man] Ruth Reichl, the revered restaurant
critic for the New York Times... [man] Ruth Reichl,
Gourmet magazine editor

Full Transcript

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COVID was the wake-up call.
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The moment we couldn't ignore.
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Our broken food system was exposed.
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The abundance that we as Americans are used to could just go away.
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It could all end.
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I've been writing about food for 50 years,
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trying to get Americans to care more about it.
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[man] Ruth Reichl, the revered restaurant critic for the New York Times...
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[man] Ruth Reichl, Gourmet magazine editor...
Duration
34 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:04
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.
I mean, I think it's important to our children, I think it's important to the future. - Food and Country 00:06
I mean, I think it's important to our children, I think...
And I think food is not just something you eat, - Food and Country 00:07
And I think food is not just something you eat,
Food is elemental to our survival, - Food and Country 00:20
Food is elemental to our survival,
Can you take me through this whole pandemic process? - Food and Country 00:05
Can you take me through this whole pandemic process?
[woman] I was running numbers, and I'm like, I have to do something different. - Food and Country 00:05
[woman] I was running numbers, and I'm like, I have to ...
My workers demanded answers that I didn't have. - Food and Country 00:05
My workers demanded answers that I didn't have.
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.