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When you talk about food desert, you're not getting the underlying problem
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Food and Country

When you talk about food desert, you'renot getting the underlying problem when it comes to...

When you talk about food desert, you're
not getting the underlying problem when it comes to race and
economics and demographics

Full Transcript

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When you talk about food desert, you're not getting the underlying problem
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when it comes to race and economics and demographics.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:25
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.
It's important that we look at our food system to see who's growing the food. - Food and Country 00:06
It's important that we look at our food system to see w...
Because out of 57,000 farmers in New York state, - Food and Country 00:12
Because out of 57,000 farmers in New York state,
- Oh, my God. - You tell me, you tell me what I'm fighting for. - Food and Country 00:06
- Oh, my God. - You tell me, you tell me what I'm fight...
And so we can't talk about a sustainable, equitable food system, - Food and Country 00:09
And so we can't talk about a sustainable, equitable foo...
In the early 1900s, - Food and Country 00:09
In the early 1900s,
96% of land-owning farmers are white. - Food and Country 00:07
96% of land-owning farmers are white.
And they control 97% of land. - Food and Country 00:05
And they control 97% of land.
So you essentially have a system that is structurally racist - Food and Country 00:13
So you essentially have a system that is structurally racist
[Eric] The vast majority of African American farmland lost - Food and Country 00:07
[Eric] The vast majority of African American farmland lost
So this is not ancient history, this is current history. - Food and Country 00:06
So this is not ancient history, this is current history.
This is very real to people who were - Food and Country 00:06
This is very real to people who were
We have never had the reckoning within our country that we need. - Food and Country 00:05
We have never had the reckoning within our country that we n...
[woman] As part of the New Deal, everybody got the right - Food and Country 00:09
[woman] As part of the New Deal, everybody got the right
Farm workers, domestic workers, and tipped restaurant workers who were told - Food and Country 00:09
Farm workers, domestic workers, and tipped restaurant worker...
And we went from zero in 1938 to $2.13 81 years later. - Food and Country 00:08
And we went from zero in 1938 to $2.13 81 years later.
Prior to the pandemic, the restaurant industry - Food and Country 00:09
Prior to the pandemic, the restaurant industry
But it was also the absolute lowest-paying employer. - Food and Country 00:06
But it was also the absolute lowest-paying employer.
Every year, the seven lowest-paying jobs would be in the restaurant industry, - Food and Country 00:08
Every year, the seven lowest-paying jobs would be in the res...
- [horns honking] - So, part of what you're seeing in the protests - Food and Country 00:07
- [horns honking] - So, part of what you're seeing in t...
I mean, George Floyd himself was an unemployed restaurant worker, - Food and Country 00:11
I mean, George Floyd himself was an unemployed restaurant wo...