Look past the bombastic title, and you'll find a home-grown documentary worth your 90 minutes. Farmageddon, from director Kristin Canty, explores the plight of family farms, frequently family-owned business, small units operated by individuals, unearthing evidence of governmental abuse under the pretense of flimsy jurisdiction. She goes the talking head route, collecting evidence of abuse from community farmers willing to speak out - it would seem that the same laws leveled against industrial food chains are exercised against tiny farms. In a country largely dominated by industry-borne, strictly-regulated, chemically-treated meat and diary, these farmers face bias and government inquiries into the health of their animals (a segment involving an investigation into non-existent mad cow disease prevalence among sheep that ends in the animals being confiscated and slaughtered is just short of infuriating) or the quality of their non-pasteurized milk.
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- 10/15/2011
- by Mark Zhuravsky
- JustPressPlay.net
Farmageddon
Directed By: Kristin Canty
Featuring: Jackie Stowers, Linda Faillace, Barbara and Steve Smith, Eric Wagoner, Joel Salatin, Mark McAfee
Kristin Marie Productions
Release Date: July 8, 2011 (limited)
Back in 2008, the curtain was pulled back on the food industry in a documentary titled Food Inc., which gave us a horrific look at the large food corporations and their horrific practices, as well as the damage they're doing to small American farms. And like any well–done documentary like it, the movie infuriated the masses, sparking an outlash toward these corporations in hopes of setting things right.
Although a lot of work still needs to be done in that area, unfortunately it also doesn't end there. There's many layers of the food industry we don't see, and therefore don't know of. Out of sight, out of mind. Which is why it's so important for people to tell their stories and inform the...
Directed By: Kristin Canty
Featuring: Jackie Stowers, Linda Faillace, Barbara and Steve Smith, Eric Wagoner, Joel Salatin, Mark McAfee
Kristin Marie Productions
Release Date: July 8, 2011 (limited)
Back in 2008, the curtain was pulled back on the food industry in a documentary titled Food Inc., which gave us a horrific look at the large food corporations and their horrific practices, as well as the damage they're doing to small American farms. And like any well–done documentary like it, the movie infuriated the masses, sparking an outlash toward these corporations in hopes of setting things right.
Although a lot of work still needs to be done in that area, unfortunately it also doesn't end there. There's many layers of the food industry we don't see, and therefore don't know of. Out of sight, out of mind. Which is why it's so important for people to tell their stories and inform the...
- 7/18/2011
- by The Movie God
- Geeks of Doom
Raw milk is the conundrum in this aptly titled, well-intentioned documentary by Kristin Canty, who introduces herself as a concerned mother whose allergy-suffering child was healed by the holistic properties of raw milk. But since raw milk runs the risk of carrying the potentially lethal E.coli bacteria, it is not only difficult to acquire in many states but it is also banned from interstate commerce. So Canty targets a conspiracy between big government and big agri-business.
- 7/14/2011
- Arizona Reporter
Summary: A cautionary tale for consumers.
Though its title calls to mind images of Bruce Willis in overalls, Farmageddon is actually a sobering look at our government's treatment of small, non-corporate farms. Director Kristin Canty gets personal, introducing us to family after family who've had their property and privacy manhandled by the Fda, Usda, FBI and the Department of Agriculture and Markets. These independent farmers are literally crying over spilt milk, and they want you to understand why.
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Though its title calls to mind images of Bruce Willis in overalls, Farmageddon is actually a sobering look at our government's treatment of small, non-corporate farms. Director Kristin Canty gets personal, introducing us to family after family who've had their property and privacy manhandled by the Fda, Usda, FBI and the Department of Agriculture and Markets. These independent farmers are literally crying over spilt milk, and they want you to understand why.
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- 7/8/2011
- by Benny Gammerman
- Filmology
Title: Farmageddon Directed By: Kristin Canty Cast: Joel Salatin, Mark McAfee, Linda Faillace, Jackie Stowers, Eric Wagoner Screened at: Critics’ DVD, NYC, 6/27/11 Opens: July 8, 2011 Got raw milk? If so, you’ve got troubles. You could get sick from those bad bacteria that remain alive and kicking while you’re guzzling the stuff, but that’s not what the talking heads of “Farmageddon” are worried about. The folks that speak about raw milk, beginning with the woman who insists that the liquid cured her son’s asthma and a host of allergies believe that the government should allow consumer to buy and eat whatever foods they want. But in most states in...
- 6/27/2011
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
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