Food Focus: Learn, eat, and advocate for a healthier, more sustainable food system

Posted On: Aug 01, 09

Food, Inc. Opens in Honolulu on Friday, 7/31 at the Kahala 8 Theatres
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield’s Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms’ Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here. View the trailer and learn more about issues the film address at www.FoodIncMovie.com.

Join Kanu Hawaii’s Eat Local Challenge
Kanu Hawaii is challenging everyone to eat local during the week of August 8 to 15. Join the Campaign by committing to eat entirely locally grown food for a day or the whole week. Gather with friends and throw an Eat Local party on August 15! Visit KanuHawaii.org to become part of the action.

Sign the Time For Lunch Petition and Join us for an Eat-In
Slow Food USA’s Time For Lunch campaign asks parents, teachers and every responsible citizen to speak up and tell our nation’s leaders that change can’t wait: It’s time to provide our children with REAL FOOD at school. On Labor Day, thousands of people will gather in their communities for “Eat-Ins” to show their support for better school food. Kokua and Slow Food O’ahu will be hosting an Eat-In in Honolulu (more details coming soon!). Join us for a potluck gathering of people who want fresher, more local options in school lunches across the US. Visit www.slowfoodusa.org/timeforlunch to sign the Time For Lunch petition, find other Eat-Ins, learn how to organize an Eat-In in your community, and find other ways to get involved.