Comments on: There’s a Food Fight going on & you’re invited! http://www.toliveandeatinla.com/2008/food-fight-documentary/ Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:56:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: FoodEater http://www.toliveandeatinla.com/2008/food-fight-documentary/comment-page-1/#comment-8102 FoodEater Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:07:18 +0000 http://www.toliveandeatinla.com/?p=1908#comment-8102 <b>Adriana:</b> Yes, I agree with you on the Slow Food movement. While many of the basic theories I wholeheartedly support, such as eating locally grown foods, their disregard for the animals is pretty sad and makes the whole thing seem to me disingenuous and suspect. Adriana: Yes, I agree with you on the Slow Food movement. While many of the basic theories I wholeheartedly support, such as eating locally grown foods, their disregard for the animals is pretty sad and makes the whole thing seem to me disingenuous and suspect.

]]> By: Adriana http://www.toliveandeatinla.com/2008/food-fight-documentary/comment-page-1/#comment-8099 Adriana Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:09:30 +0000 http://www.toliveandeatinla.com/?p=1908#comment-8099 FoodEater, you should have been at the 1st Downtown Film Festival/Sustainable LA. Following the screening of “South Central Farms: Oasis in a Concrete Desert” there was a panel discussion, “Buy Local, Eat Slow: A New Way of Thinking about Food.” Amongst the panelists was Lisa Lucas-Vice President, Los Angeles chapter, Slow Food Nation. Lisa talked on and on about “free range” chickens and urging the audience to seek those types for consumption. She listed her reasons for advocating “free range” chickens and then said she wasn’t very concerned with the “zen” of the chicken so much. The zen of the chicken?! Slow Food LA is the biggest crock of bull. They say they don’t want to be viewed as elitist but every word out them says otherwise. Ultimately meat is murder whether it is "free range" or not. I vote everyday by growing my own food and supporting local farmers. Power to the peasful and maybe I'll see you there! Adriana FoodEater, you should have been at the 1st Downtown Film Festival/Sustainable LA. Following the screening of “South Central Farms: Oasis in a Concrete Desert” there was a panel discussion, “Buy Local, Eat Slow: A New Way of Thinking about Food.” Amongst the panelists was Lisa Lucas-Vice President, Los Angeles chapter, Slow Food Nation.

Lisa talked on and on about “free range” chickens and urging the audience to seek those types for consumption. She listed her reasons for advocating “free range” chickens and then said she wasn’t very concerned with the “zen” of the chicken so much. The zen of the chicken?!

Slow Food LA is the biggest crock of bull. They say they don’t want to be viewed as elitist but every word out them says otherwise. Ultimately meat is murder whether it is “free range” or not. I vote everyday by growing my own food and supporting local farmers.

Power to the peasful and maybe I’ll see you there!

Adriana

]]> By: FoodEater http://www.toliveandeatinla.com/2008/food-fight-documentary/comment-page-1/#comment-8080 FoodEater Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:10:38 +0000 http://www.toliveandeatinla.com/?p=1908#comment-8080 <b>Chris Taylor:</b> Thanks for stopping by! I'm looking forward to checking out "Food Fight" because indeed I am very interested in food politics. My disappointment wouldn't be directed towards you, you're just the guy documenting this stuff (I do not advocate shooting the messenger)! My disappointment is with these movements in general that embrace all these great things about food and aim towards purity and wholesomeness, while at the same time ignoring or sidelining these really serious and pertinent issues, e.g, the Slow Food movement and the whole concept of happy meat. It's an oxymoron that ultimately just takes credibility away from what these people hope to achieve. Either way, your film sounds like it will be very interesting and right up my alley so I'm excited to check it out. Congratulations! Chris Taylor: Thanks for stopping by! I’m looking forward to checking out “Food Fight” because indeed I am very interested in food politics. My disappointment wouldn’t be directed towards you, you’re just the guy documenting this stuff (I do not advocate shooting the messenger)! My disappointment is with these movements in general that embrace all these great things about food and aim towards purity and wholesomeness, while at the same time ignoring or sidelining these really serious and pertinent issues, e.g, the Slow Food movement and the whole concept of happy meat. It’s an oxymoron that ultimately just takes credibility away from what these people hope to achieve.

Either way, your film sounds like it will be very interesting and right up my alley so I’m excited to check it out. Congratulations!

]]> By: Chris Taylor http://www.toliveandeatinla.com/2008/food-fight-documentary/comment-page-1/#comment-8079 Chris Taylor Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:57:42 +0000 http://www.toliveandeatinla.com/?p=1908#comment-8079 Dear Food Eater, Thanks for the nice mention about our screening on Saturday. I don't want you to be disappointed but we do not deal with animal confinement (or any specifically vegan) issues in the film. There is another film coming out soon that will, but our film is about the culinary movement called "California Cuisine" and how that has spread from Berkeley (Chez Panisse) to LA (Michael's Restaurant and Spago) and then across the country. Along the way, a vital small farm infrastucture has been resurrected (slowly) through the establishment of Farmer's Markets across the country. The movement is now called local, seasonal, sustainable, and organic. If you like good food and great ingredients, and you like food politics, then you will enjoy the film. Thanks, Chris Taylor Director FOOD FIGHT Dear Food Eater,
Thanks for the nice mention about our screening on Saturday. I don’t want you to be disappointed but we do not deal with animal confinement (or any specifically vegan) issues in the film. There is another film coming out soon that will, but our film is about the culinary movement called “California Cuisine” and how that has spread from Berkeley (Chez Panisse) to LA (Michael’s Restaurant and Spago) and then across the country. Along the way, a vital small farm infrastucture has been resurrected (slowly) through the establishment of Farmer’s Markets across the country. The movement is now called local, seasonal, sustainable, and organic.
If you like good food and great ingredients, and you like food politics, then you will enjoy the film.
Thanks, Chris Taylor
Director FOOD FIGHT

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