Food-Beware:The-French-Organic-Revolution

December 22, 2011

This fabulous film must go on your " Must See " list. It will clarify the issue

that all traditional foods must be organic.

Thanks

Charlie

Exeland, WI

Over 50 years have passed since Jacques Cousteau won world-wide acclaim and a

Palme d'Or at Cannes for his film The Silent World - one of the few important

environmental films to ever come out of France. If the preservation of the

marine world was an invaluable cause, that of sustainable, safe food production

and a healthy diet for our children is even more urgent. Now, from director

Jean- Jaud comes FOOD BEWARE: THE FRENCH ORGANIC REVOLUTION.

For the first time ever, our children are growing up less healthy than their

parents. As the rate of cancer, infertility and other illnesses which have been

linked to environmental factors climb ever upward each year, we must ask

ourselves: why is this happening? What can we do to save our children's health -

and our own? The problem is hard to address, because it is invisible. Most of

our food has been sprayed with pesticides and grown with fertilizers that have

contaminated the soil, by industrial food producers that put profits above our

health. But is there another way? Can a modern society feed itself without

contaminating land and livestock?

FOOD BEWARE follows an experiment in a small village in the mountains of France,

where - in opposition to powerful economic interests - the town's mayor has

decided to make the school lunch menu organic, with much of it grown locally.

Featuring interviews with children, parents, teachers, health care workers,

journalists, farmers, elected officials, scientists and researchers, we learn

about challenges and rewards of their stand - both the abuses of industry as

well as the practical solutions at hand. What will it take to save our health?

This moving testament to one community's answer is food for thought, and

provides a blueprint for a growing revolution.

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