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Food and Country

Food and Country

We're still growing.

2024•1h 40m
Documentary

America's policy of producing cheap food at all costs has long hobbled small independent farmers, ranchers, and chefs. Worried for their survival, trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl reaches out across political and social divides to uncover the country's broken food system and the innovators risking it all to transform it.

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Production

Foothill Productions, Real Lava, Sustainable Films, Range Media Partners, The deNovo Initiative, Tiger Tales Media, Bewilder Films, Ideal Partners

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Alice Waters

Alice Waters

Self

Ruth Reichl

Self

Grant Achatz

Grant Achatz

Self

Brandon Jew

Self

Nick Kokonas

Self

Bren Smith

Self

Saru Jayaraman

Saru Jayaraman

Self

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