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Food and Country

I call this hearing of the US Senate Committee on Agriculture,Nutrition, and Forestry to...

[woman] I call this hearing of the US Senate Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry to order

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[woman] I call this hearing
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of the US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry to order.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
01:21:17
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.
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,
I woke up in the morning the next morning, - Food and Country 00:13
I woke up in the morning the next morning,
Give up," and started crying, - Food and Country 00:09
Give up," and started crying,