The March 27 free community screening of Food, Inc. was huge success! With over 100 people in the audience, spanning ages, genders and races from across the city, the film was shown in chapters, with time for 2-3 questions between chapters. The questions ran the gamut from, “How do bodies cope with the ammonia used to clean meat?” to “Where do we find Farmer Freddie’s food?”
Panelists on hand to answer questions and give insights were: Farmer, Freddie Haddox; Director of Metropolitan Nashville Health Department, Dr. Bill Paul, and Director of Nashville Farmers’ Market, Jeff Themm. Audience members spoke about their own family histories of farms and farming, and the shock at the high cost to animals and people in both health and dollars from over-commercialization of corn and soy crops on cattle, pig and chicken farms.
Over the course of the three hour event, everyone learned something new and many left with a better understanding of what we eat.
