Crimes Against Nature (Four Hour Special)
A Link TV special that introduces us to people around the world who -- when confronted by “crimes against nature” in their own communities — refuse to back down.
How many times have we asked “What’s for dinner?” or "What are we going to eat?" Is there anything people in this nation talk about more than food? But now we know that there’s more to what we eat than meets the eye. Food has become complicated. Almost scary. In this Link TV special, we examine everyone’s dilemma: what do we really know about what we eat, and who’s in the kitchen?
PART 1 (First Two Hours)
Part 1 includes the broadcast of the updated film McLibel, the story of two ordinary people and their fight against a world power, McDonald’s. Filmed over three years, the documentary follows Helen Steel and Dave Morris as they are transformed from anonymous campaigners into unlikely global heroes defending themselves in the longest trial in English history. Along the way they face infiltration by spies, secret meetings with top executives, 40,000 pages of background reading and a visit from Ronald McDonald.
Joining Link TV’s environmental correspondent, Mark Hertsgaard, to discuss the film and the food we eat is Michael Pollan, UC Berkeley Professor of Environmental Journalism and author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals." In his book, Pollan follows each of the food chains that sustain us - industrial food, organic or alternative food, and food we forage ourselves - from the source to a final meal, and in the process develops a definitive account of the American way of eating. He takes us from Iowa cornfields to food-science laboratories, from feedlots and fast-food restaurants to organic farms and hunting grounds, emphasizing our dynamic coevolutionary relationship with the handful of plant and animal species we depend on.
PART 2 (Second Two Hours)
Part 2 broadcasts Robert Kennedy, Jr. in Who Owns Nature? and Turtle Island Film’s, Texas Gold, about the most unreasonable women in Texas, who took on the giants of the petro-chemical industry that were poisoning her community and knowingly devastating the once thriving fishing industry. In the studio with Mark Hertsgaard, is Michael Lerner from Commonweal, a nonprofit health and environmental research institute in Bolinas, California.
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Crimes Against Nature Related Websites:
Waterplanet Environmental Broadcast Service
Natural Resources Defense Council
Riverkeeper
Bioneers
Commonweal is a nonprofit health and environmental research institute that conducts programs focused on residential retreats for cancer patients.
OneWorld encourages people to discover their power — power to speak, connect, and make a difference.
CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq, stop new wars, and redirect our resources into healthcare, education and other life-affirming activities.
The Eat Well Guide is a free, online directory of sustainably raised meat, poultry, dairy and eggs from farms, stores, restaurants, inns and hotels, and online outlets in the US and Canada. Consumers simply enter their zip or postal code to find local products that were raised sustainably.
Eat Local Challenge is a group blog written by authors who are interested in the benefits of eating food grown and produced in their local foodshed.
The Farm Sanctuary is working to end agricultural cruelty to animals through investigations, public education, legislation, and legal campaigns.
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