Food Film Screening: “King Corn” | SF

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2013 Greater Good Food Film Festival | SF

The Greater Good Food Film Festival features eight nights of documentary film and discussion that will address different food system related topics, ranging from the health of soil and bees to the role of policy from October 9-24, 2013.

Some films will be followed with speakers and discussions lead by experts in the field. Local food vendors will offer food at certain events as well.

Make sure to also check out the Greater Good Food Fair on Saturday, October 26, 2013 in Civic Center Plaza.

Sunday, October 20, 2013
King Corn | 2013 Greater Good Food Film Festival | SF

King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation.

In the film, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America’s most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat—and how we farm.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.