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Help Save The Bed-Stuy Farm In Brooklyn (Video)
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The Bed-Stuy Farm in Brooklyn, NY provides 7,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables every month to around 4,000 residents of the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood where healthy produce is otherwise difficult to find. Unfortunately, this vitally important urban farm is in danger of being torn up and paved over in ...2 hours ago -
Lawgirl Movie Review
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Food, Inc. I’m not going to lie to you. This is a tough film to watch . Very tough. Chickens Chickens are now developing in 48 days rather than 70. This is through the use of ethyl alcohol . Because they grow so fast, their internal organs and bones cannot keep up with the weight of the ...22 hours ago -
Warming Sea Temperatures Drive Cod Away From Cape
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roytsaplinjrs Flickr photostream/Creative Commons Warming sea temperatures are driving Cape Cod’s namesake fish farther from Massachusetts shore as they seek colder waters farther out and deeper in the ocean, forcing fishermen to seek alternative catches. Growing up just outside of Boston I enjoyed plenty of ...23 hours ago -
Nominees Announced for the 2009 International Documentary Association IDA Awards
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"Diary of a Times Square Thief" Directed & Written by Klaas Bense The nominees for the International Documentary Association’s 2009 IDA Documentary Awards competition were announced this week. The winners will be announced December 4th at the Directors Guild in Los Angeles, in a ceremony hosted by This ...2 days ago -
Urban Farming In The South Bronx
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addictive_picassos Flickr photostream/Creative Commons Urban farming has become increasingly popular these days, as more city dwellers search for rooftops, backyards and abandoned lots where they can grow vegetables. In addition to providing fresh, healthy produce where concrete and convenience stores once ...2 days ago -
School Lunch Food Fight Ends In Arrest of 25 Chicago Students
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cornelluniversitylibrarys Flickr photostream/Creative Commons We take school lunch very seriously here at TakePart, particularly efforts to increase access to healthy, local ingredients, but a Chicago middle-school may have gone a little overboard when they had 25 students arrested for a cafeteria food fight . ...4 days ago -
Sustainability Education Week
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We do not need to invent sustainable human communities. We can learn from societies that have lived sustainably for centuries. We can also model communities after nature’s ecosystems, which are sustainable communities of plants, animals, and microorganisms. Since the outstanding characteristic of the biosphere is ...5 days ago -
H1N1 Flu and Pork Production Connection Raised By Jonathan Safran Foer
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kevinhutchinsons Flickr photostream/Creative Commons The vaccine for the H1N1 virus has received quite a bit of attention lately, however, important questions remain unattended about the origins of the vicious strain and the likely possibility that it spread from unsanitary conditions on factory pig farms. ...5 days ago -
Food, INC.!!!
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When I first read Eric Schlossers Fast Food Nation , the stories he told of the fast food industry made me so disgusted that it threw me off of fast food for a good 3 or 4 months. So it was with some trepidation when I watched in Food, Inc . knowing that Schlosser had produced it... because... well I just couldnt go ...6 days ago -
Food Inc. — Film Review — My Most Honest Opinion
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It’s tough to imagine a scenario where I would casually recommend Food, Inc. to a friend or acquaintance. So… why am I writing about it? We receive a lot of inquiries about food. Mostly, we receive complaints about the cost of organics and local foods. That’s why I’m reviewing this movie, because I ...1 week ago -
PETA McCruelty Billboard in SoMa
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They say that a picture is worth a thousand words but, of course, I’m not going to dedicate 1000 words or even 500 to this picture. My green friend and I spotted this billboard in a not exactly obvious place in the Soma district of San Francisco but we figured that PETA didn’t have or want to spend the big ...1 week ago -
‘The Cove’ dominates Cinema Eye nominations
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Louie Psihoyos’ button-pushing anti-dolphin slaughter documentary The Cove walked away with 7 nominations for the Cinema Eye Honors Thursday afternoon including the top award, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking.Burma VJ and Food, Inc. received 5 nominations each also including the top ...1 week ago -
Farmer Veteran Coalition: Tanks to Tractors
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markpeates Flickr photostream/Creative Commons The Farmer Veteran Coalition is an amazing organization that provides U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with the resources, tools and mentorships to help them find employment in farming communities around the country. I was thrilled to hear about the ...1 week ago -
SafeFoodInc.org Is Not All Lies
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A meat industry website called SafeFoodInc.org purports to enlighten readers about the film Food, Inc. The website offers a section called “Myths & Facts” where it contrasts their meat industry spin with the documentary scenes. Some of their claims I agree with wholeheartedly, yet I come to a different ...1 week ago -
Movie Review: Food Inc.
Marci Lall | Fitness | Weight Loss | Nutrition | Self Improvement —
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Have you ever wanted to know where the beef in your burger came from? Many have explained this to us at one time or another, but director Robert Kenner’s Food Inc. shows you a closer look into how all the meat, corn, and soybeans in the United States makes it into your homes. In a world where fast food and ...1 week ago -
FDA Cracks Down On Misleading “Smart Choices” Food Labels
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mikelichts Flickr photostream/Creative Commons The FDA has announced plans to investigate the “Smart Choices” initiative, an industry-led nutrition labeling program, arguing that the labels may mislead the public by implying that sugary foods are healthy. I’m amazed that the “Smart Choices” label has ...1 week ago -
Jon Stewart as Glenn Beck on Appendicitis
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Glenn Beck is almost always super frustrating to watch. And while I try not to post about too often because it seems like it would just be giving him more of a platform, I was so enraged by his rant on vegetarianism and Meatless Monday’s last week that I couldn’t help but respond with a post. Well, I’ve ...1 week ago -
Yesterday’s Films, Today’s Issues: Hatari!
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Going into Howard Hawks’ Hatari! at BAM this past Wednesday night I had a feeling I would like it. I mean the film’s description is kind of amazing: “John Wayne has never been better than as the leader of a pack of big-game hunters on the African plains who tackle rhinoceroses, elephants, and giraffes to ...1 week ago -
Udderly Delicious: Food Inc is on DVD!
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Food Inc. on DVD from TakePart on Vimeo . Want to win a free copy of the Food, Inc DVD? Find out how on the Huffington Post .1 week ago -
The Cove and Food, Inc. Receive Cinema Eye Honors Nominations
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The 2010 Cinema Eye Honors Nominees have been named and I am very very happy to report that The Cove has received a record-tying 7 nominations! It got nominations in the Production, Cinematography, Editing, Original Score, Debut Feature and the top prize, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking ...1 week ago
