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Just the mention of the word food can bring to mind varying images for Americans: a big dinner with family; a low-key night at home with pizza; children and families across the globe facing starvation; the behemoths of agribusiness; and the increasing interest and participation in local, sustainable farming and food production. ...
>> well january of 2008 andrew and i decided to do the film. together -- a future documentary project. very closely after what happened in 2007. you had a mini crash in august and then you had a couple of disappeared. and also by that time you had on the courthouse steps in any city around here -- around washington -- you had these houses being auctioned once every three minutes basically. so we could see at that point that the one important -- first of all both of us thought that it could be as important as 1929. i had just been reading john kenneth galbraith's book on '29 and andre...
example distinguishing the -- the value added components of trade that are abrought and domestic. that turns out. it is a wonky thing but it turns out for calculations of g.d.p. and protect r-productivity. . . >> this week, and look at a documentary on subprime mortgages and it their impact on minorities. >> leslie cockburn, when did you first think about doing the american casino documentary? >> well january of 2008 andrew and i decided to do the film. we had wanted to do something together -- a future documentary project. and we're watching the market very closely after what happen...
Around baltimore. >> it was a long, slow, steady learning curve both about local food system, which i'm very connected with now, but also how much it meant to me as a chef, and i didn't really feel like i'd found what i was meant to do until i started talking to farmers and going to markets and going out and visiting folks growing food. >> along the way, spike has met and formed relationships with like-minded people like denzel mitchell. denzel took a gamble to fulfill a more filling life as a farmer. >> the food in baltimore city is developing rapidly and absolutely ready for this kind of pro...
Lirng curve, both about local food system, which i'm very connected with now and how much it meant to me as a chef. i didn't think i found what i was meant to do until visiting folks growing food. >> spike has met and formed relationships with like-minded people like denzel mitchell of five seeds farm. he took a gamble when he quit a secure job as a high school teacher to pursue a more fulfilling live as a farmer. >> the food system in baltimore is developing rapidly and absolutely ready for this kind of product, this kind of farming. we sell to about 12 restaurants, woodbury kitchen and the o...