The First Universalist Society of the United Church of Northfield will host the showing of the film, Food, Inc. on Earth Day, April 22, 2010 at 7 PM at the United Church of Northfield. In addition to the film there will be local food producers on hand with displays and samples of their products. It is our hope to raise awareness regarding the foods we eat and the healthy local offerings.

“In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner 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.” From: www.foodincmovie.com/aboutthe film

Local Food Producers that will be at the event are:

Pebble Brook Farm, Chip Allen- CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)

Field Stone Farm and CSA, Ian and Chandra Blackmer

The Green Mountain Girls, Mari Omland and Laura Olsen, organic and sustainable animals and vegetables

Flavors From the Field, Misse Doe-Burrows

New Roots Farm, Crystal Peterson

This is a free event. We are asking you to bring a donation of non-perishable food to be given to our local CERV foodbank. Hope to see you there!

For more information call: Debbie at 485-8437