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Yep.- And your fear that rural America is basicallygoing to be pushed off the map

Yep.
- And your fear that rural America is basically
going to be pushed off the map

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- Yep. - And your fear
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that rural America is basically going to be pushed off the map.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
01:12:35
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.
[Steve] These little towns, you know, the town I live by, 6,500 people, it's all ag. - Food and Country 00:08
[Steve] These little towns, you know, the town I live by, 6,...
You know, those 50- to 100-head cowherd guys, - Food and Country 00:11
You know, those 50- to 100-head cowherd guys,
You get to where you have 800 to 1,000 cows, - Food and Country 00:12
You get to where you have 800 to 1,000 cows,
You can get your medicine direct, - Food and Country 00:06
You can get your medicine direct,
I mean, these towns are about to dry up and blow away anyway, - Food and Country 00:07
I mean, these towns are about to dry up and blow away anyway...
The kids out here, about all get an excellent secondary education. - Food and Country 00:07
The kids out here, about all get an excellent secondary educ...
And then they have the work ethic and the morals - Food and Country 00:07
And then they have the work ethic and the morals
And so, they pay them way more than what they could stay here and make. - Food and Country 00:06
And so, they pay them way more than what they could stay her...
It's just a steady flow of pushing everybody into city. - Food and Country 00:07
It's just a steady flow of pushing everybody into city.
[Ruth] You said you thought that next year, - Food and Country 00:08
[Ruth] You said you thought that next year,
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[Will] Bluffton peaked in population in 1900. - Food and Country 00:06
[Will] Bluffton peaked in population in 1900.
When I was growing up in the '60s, Bluffton was still a town. - Food and Country 00:06
When I was growing up in the '60s, Bluffton was still a...
But under the industrial commodity scenario, - Food and Country 00:06
But under the industrial commodity scenario,
When it hit its bottom, which was probably 10 or 15 years ago, - Food and Country 00:10
When it hit its bottom, which was probably 10 or 15 years ag...
But when we hired 100 and something young, - Food and Country 00:18
But when we hired 100 and something young,
Now we've got 176 employees. - Food and Country 00:05
Now we've got 176 employees.
Our average employee makes way above the county average, - Food and Country 00:11
Our average employee makes way above the county average,
And what resulted is a really nice community. - Food and Country 00:06
And what resulted is a really nice community.
You know, it's still tiny, but it's gone from ghost town, - Food and Country 00:11
You know, it's still tiny, but it's gone from ghos...