The third annual ‘Food for Thought’ film series starts in Morristown on Jan. 15, 2015.
Grow It Green Morristownand the Foodshed Alliancebegin their third annual Food for Thoughtfilm series on Jan. 15, 2015, with a screening of Fed Up,a documentary about childhood obesity.
Each monthly movie starts at 7 pm at the Hyatt Morristown; doors open at 6:45 pm.
Tickets are available online for $7.14, including a processing fee. A four-film package costs $21.49.
Here is more about the movies, from Grow It Green:
Fed Up
Thursday, January 15th: 7pm
Childhood Obesity has become an ever-more serious medical issue in the US. Filmmaker Stephanie Soechtig and journalist Katie Couric investigate the underlying causes behind the epidemic, including the marketing strategies of major U.S. food producers.
Food Matters examines how the food we eat can help or hurt our health. Nutritionists, naturopaths, doctors, and journalists weigh in on topics organic food, food safety, raw foodism, and nutritional therapy.
This film is an unsettling tour through a myriad of serious health conditions implicated with genetically altered crops (GMOs), from allergies to diabetes and autism.
Guest speaker: Rachel Linden, GMO-Free Lecturer & Advocate and Sam Rothman, Plant Ecologist
Dam Nation
Wednesday, April 22nd: 7pm
This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers.
