Food, Inc.
Friday, August 21 - Thursday, September 3

How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families? In FOOD, INC., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment.

We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of e coli -- the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farm's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising -- and often shocking truths -- about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here. --© Official Site

This film is co-sponsored by:
Buy Fresh, Buy Local
Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society
Slow Food Nebraska
Open Harvest

The short film Alternative Ways to Grow Your Food will be showing before screenings of FOOD, INC.

OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION
Friday, August 21 - 5:30 p.m.
Buy Fresh Buy Local Nebraska, Slow Food Nebraska and Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society invites those attending the Aug 21st screening of Food Inc. to visit with some of your local food producers and enjoy a sampling of locally grown food prepared by local chefs that support our local fresh food producers. Maggie of Maggie's Vegetarian Resturant, Pepe, of Pepe's Vegetarian Mexican Restaurant, Open Harvest, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Dairy Store and University of Nebraska-Lincoln Dining Services Good Fresh Local program will prepare an array of finger food paired with a great selection of local wines for your enjoyment. Come and meet local food producers and discover why Buy Fresh Buy Local Nebraska "Encourages the purchase and the enjoyment of locally grown food."

MOVIE TALK
Sunday, August 23 - 2:30 p.m.
(Following the 12:45 p.m. screening of FOOD, INC.)
With speakers Ross Garwood, Judy Gilliard, Jason Kvols, Evrett Lunquist, & Dave Vetter. More information about the Movie Talk speakers can be found on our website.

Admission to the Movie Talk is free and open to the public. Admission for FOOD, INC is at regular Ross prices. The Movie Talk series is sponsored by the Friends of the Ross.