Tales from Planet Earth: What's On Your Plate? Screening

Working Films reports from Tales from Planet Earth. From books - such as Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation and Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma - to films - such as Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me and Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney's King Corn - the American public has received numerous warnings in the last 10 years about the changing global food system and its consequences for public health and the environment. But Catherine Gund raises the question of whether these messages are reaching our most vulnerable food consumers - America's children. In this rollicking film, Gund follows two New York City pre-teens, Sadie and Safiyah, as they take their own journey across the systems that provide them with food and take charge of their health against the onslaught of unhealthy food choices bombarding them.

Join Madison kid gardeners as they hear whats going on with food in their community and sing an ode to dirt after the screening.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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