Spring Environmental Film Festival

Hosted by Evergreen Institute for Wellness,

Green Mountain Conservation Group and

the Youth Coalition will join in on the day

of fun and activities that promote

healthy behavior between our food and our health

in the 2012 celebration of

EARTH DAY!

 “Food Inc.”  (Click for more information)

Saturday, 10:00am, April 28th

Panel Discussion at 12Noon

Kennett High School, 409 Eagles Way,

North Conway, NH 03860

FMI: Conatct GMCG at 603-539-1859 or email: GMCG

” Food, Inc.” is a 2008 American documentary film directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Robert Kenner. The film examines corporate farming in the United States, concluding that agribusiness produces food that is unhealthy, in a way that is environmentally harmful and abusive of both animals and employees. The film’s first segment examines the industrial production of meat (chicken, beef, and pork), calling it inhumane and economically and environmentally unsustainable. The second segment looks at the industrial production of grains and vegetables (primarily corn and soy beans), again labeling this economically and environmentally unsustainable. The film’s third and final segment is about the economic and legal power, such as food libel laws of the major food companies, the profits of which are based on supplying cheap but contaminated food, the heavy use of petroleum-based chemicals (largely pesticides and fertilizers), and the promotion of unhealthy food consumption habits by the American public. It shows companies like Wal-Mart transitioning towards organic foods as that industry is booming in the recent health movement.