Movie & Book Reviews

The Future of Food…

An estimated 80% of all food on grocery store shelves contains genetically engineered soy, corn or Canola—even foods you wouldn’t expect to contain them, like spaghetti sauce. If you haven’t yet seen “The Future of Food,” please take the time to watch this feature-length documentary investigating the disturbing truth behind the genetically engineered foods that [...]

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Eco-Tip Tuesday: Be Water Wise

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

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Reversing our Cancer Epidemic

Dr. David Servan-Schrieber believes that we are in the midst a self-inflicted epidemic of cancer, which affects approximately one in three people in the U.S. After undergoing chemotherapy and surgery for brain cancer, Servan-Schreiber, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, asked his oncologist if any lifestyle changes would [...]

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Food, Inc. – Showing at a Theater Near You

Do you know where you food really comes from? It’s not where you think, and the answer may surprise you… Did you know that the average food product travels about 1,500 miles to get to your grocery store? And that transporting food accounts for 30,800 tons of greenhouse gas emissions every year? Or that organic [...]

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HOME – The Movie

If you have not yet seen it, the free feature-length documentary, HOME is available on YouTube only until June 14, 2009. HOME is a breathtakingly beautiful documentary built around footage from over 50 countries, all seen from the air. As we view the absolute majesty of our home, Planet Earth, the narrator tells us the [...]

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Fixing Our Broken Food System, Part 2

In the tradition of Michael Moore (Sicko, Bowling for Columbine) and Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, 30 Days), Food Matters is a hard hitting, fast-paced look at our current state of health. Discouraged by the terrible side effects that pharmaceutical drugs were having on the health of their families, nutritionists-turned-filmmakers James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch set off on [...]

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