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Food Chains is a 2014 American documentary film about agricultural labor in the United States directed by Sanjay Rawal. It was the Recipient of the 2015 James Beard Foundation Award for Special/Documentary. [1] Summary. In Immokalee, Florida, migrant farmworkers pick fruits and vegetables that are sold to large US food wholesalers. [2] .
Food Chains reveals the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of large buyers of produce like fast food and supermarkets. Fast food is big, but supermarkets are bigger — earning $4 trillion globally. They have tremendous power over the agricultural system.
Nov 21, 2014 · Summary A group of Florida farmworkers battle to defeat the $4 trillion global supermarket industry through their ingenious Fair Food program, which partners with growers and retailers to improve working conditions for farm laborers in the United States. Documentary. Directed By: Sanjay Rawal. Written By: Erin Barnett, Sanjay Rawal. Food Chains.
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Nov 24, 2014 · ‘Food Chains’: Film Review Sanjay Rawal's documentary chronicles the plight of migrant farm workers, specifically tomato pickers in Southern Florida By THR Staff
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Apr 26, 2014 · Food Chains: Directed by Sanjay Rawal. With Eve Ensler, Barry Estabrook, Dolores Huerta, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. There is so much interest in food these days yet there is almost no interest in the hands that pick that food.
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About the Screening. There is so much interest in food these days but very little interest in the hands that pick that food. Food Chains exposes the horrific abuses farmworkers face and reveals the forces behind that exploitation: the global supermarket industry.
Parents need to know that Food Chains is an eye-opening documentary about the plight of migrant farm workers that focuses on the economics of our food-supply system. There's no objectionable content, but extremely poor living conditions are shown, sexual harassment is discussed, and modern-day slavery is….
