Directed by Robert Kenner

    The movie Food, Inc. lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.
    Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising and often shocking truths about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

Country of Origin: USA
Language: English

The State Theatre, in cooperation with HomegrownHappyValley.org are presenting a special panel discussion and local food recpetion following the 4 P.M. screening of Food Inc. on Saturday, August 22nd. The panelists will include Bruce A. McPheron, new dean of Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences; Brian Snyder, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA); Kim Tait (Tait Farm) and Chef Harrison Schailey (Harrison's in the Hilton Garden Inn). The panel will address both the broad issues raised in the movie, as well as ways members of this particular community can actively support a more sustainable food system.

Webster's Cafe on 128 S. Allen Street is hosting a post-movie reception and local food celebration, which will allow audience members to continue the conversation, while sampling some of the food and beverages that are unique to our neighborhood. We hope you can join us to learn about restaurants and businesses in the area that support local food/services and talk with other community members about opportunities in our area.

http://www.foodincmovie.com/