http://foodpatriots.com - Food Patriots begins with a wakeup call: our son got sick eating chicken contaminated with a superbug, and antibiotics failed. Our personal story of changing the way our family thinks about food, starting a garden, getting backyard chickens leads to a discovery of a social justice movement all around us that is changing the way America eats.
Jeff & Jennifer Spitz/ 2014/ 73 min/ Food, Agriculture
FILM DESCRIPTION: A midwestern mother whose son nearly died from contaminated food embarks on a roller coaster journey to understand the food industry and improve her family’s eating habits. Surprising, funny, and poignant, this personal film unfolds from one family’s story into a powerful consumer movement. Food Patriotsfeatures food advocates from all walks of life who are trying to hatch a revolution to change the way Americans eat and buy food and educate the next generation of consumers.