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Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution

Fantastic documentary about the successful transition to organic at a small French village call Barjac; where the major started by mandating a locally grown all organic menu for the local school cafeteria and for a meals-on-wheels program for elderly. We can learn so much from this little village for our own transition. I shows farmers, parents, kids and health care advocates discuss the impact of the decision. School and government officials weighing in on why people are dying of cancer in ever-increasing numbers, the food's industry's role, the use of pesticides, nutrition and local sustainability. It shows second and third-graders growing their own produce in the school's gardens, digging into their nutritious meals with enthusiasm, and teachers educating kids about the importance of maintaining our water sources healthy by the foot of an ancient Roman aqueduct. I was also grateful Jean-Paul Jaud included some cliché arguments against going organic. For instan




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