Food Patriots

11/14/2023

JOIN Groundswell Educational Films FOR THE CHICAGO PREMIERE OF THE FILM, COMMON GROUND, A POWERFUL, STAR-STUDDED DOCUMENTARY ABOUT REGENERATIVE FARMING

Saturday, November 18, 8PM at the Music Box Theatre for the Chicago theatrical premiere of Common Ground, the inspiring and star-studded documentary about the importance of regenerative agriculture.

Please DM Jennifer Amdur Spitz if you want free admission to the film at panel discussion immediately following. The panel on regenerative farming features filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell and local food luminaries including Chef Rick Bayless, co-owner of Fronterra Grill and co-founder of the Frontera Farmers Coalition; Stephanie Dunn, urban farming and food access innovator Star Farm Chicago; Indiana regenerative farmer Rick Clark of Farm Green, who is featured in the film; Dr. Silvia Abel-Caines, regenerative grower at Garlic eScapes Farm in Woodstock, IL, and veterinarian for Organic Valley; and Jim Slama, Managing Director of Naturally Chicago.

If you want to see a better food system that fights destructive climate change, then Common Ground Film may be the most important documentary you see this year!

Again, please DM Jennifer Amdur Spitz if you want free tickets.😁 Tickets at the door are $12.

09/24/2022

Food Patriots is screening in Miami (O-Cinema) and Brazil (Planeta Festival). The film is a happening in places where people want to try taking small steps toward healthier choices but don't know where to start. The film shows what happens when a mom gets a few baby chicks and tries to get her teenage sons and uninterested husband to change their relationships with food. She started with a small step. Jim Slama Gary Hirshberg Robert E Pierce South Madison Farmers Market Jennifer Amdur Spitz

10/31/2021

Synopsis
Many consumers are concerned about the disconnect between food and health. Touched by their high school football player son’s battle with an antibiotic resistant super-bug filmmakers Jeff and Jennifer Spitz take a closer look at what is in their food and what anyone can do to make healthier choices in their own homes, schools and communities. This film shows how one family tries to shift away from fast, processed food-like substances and toward more fresh, local and organic choices. Their many questions set the course for a journey of discovery. With humor and humility the filmmakers show how a small 10% change in what you eat and what you buy at the grocery store can lead to big results. Featuring a diverse cast, including urban farmers, chefs and athletes, the documentary celebrates a movement and educates the next generation of consumers.

02/27/2021

Have you seen this?

Experiential cinema in its purest form, GUNDA chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig, a flock of chickens, and a herd of cows with masterful intimac...

10/28/2020

RoundUp is EVIL stuff!

Half of All Children Will Be Autistic by 2025, warns Senior Research Scientist
According to Prof Stephanie Seneff: ‘At today’s rate, by 2025, one in two children will be autistic.’ She noted that the side effects of autism closely mimic those of glyphosate toxicity, and presented data showing a remarkably consistent correlation between the use of Roundup on crops (and the creation of Roundup-ready GMO crop seeds) with rising rates of autism. Children with autism have biomarkers indicative of excessive glyphosate, including zinc and iron deficiency, low serum sulfate, seizures, and mitochondrial disorder.

Glyphosate is used on corn and soy, all soft drinks and candies sweetened with corn syrup and all chips and cereals that contain soy fillers have small amounts of glyphosate in them, as do beef and poultry fed with GMO corn or soy. Wheat is often sprayed with Roundup just prior to being harvested, which means that all non-organic bread and wheat products would also be sources of glyphosate toxicity. The amount of glyphosate in each product may not be large, but the cumulative effect (especially when eating processed food) could be devastating. A recent study shows that pregnant women living near farms where pesticides are applied have a 60% increased risk of children having an autism spectrum disorder.
Source: Alliance for Natural Health, USA

08/11/2020

Have you tried just a 10% shift? If you are already buying 50% organic produce go another 10% if you can. Small steps in the right direction get you to a better place.

A new study shows that US families consume cancer-linked glyphosate in their food. The good news: going organic rapidly reduces levels

07/22/2020

Love this innovation!!

Small planters with seating attached could help restaurants reopen and make cities more user-friendly in the post-coronavirus age

07/16/2020

Happy to see someone making another go at indoor farming. What if many of our failing urban shopping centers were converted to indoor farms? FamilyFarmed Naturally Chicago

A 135,000-square-foot building in Chicago's south suburbs, formerly a Target store, soon will grow kale, arugula, basil and other leafy greens under artificial lights.

06/15/2020

Big heads up!

In California, food banks are struggling to keep up with surging demand.

05/11/2020

Food Patriots is "foodie culture" over for you?

A wave of culinary experts is responding to the pandemic with an accessible and empathetic approach to home cooking—and audiences can’t get enough.

05/11/2020

Attention Food Patriots.

The coronavirus has caused disruptions in America's multi-layered food safety system, leading to major declines in inspections, citations and recalls.