Good Food (2008)

A month or two ago, Sky and I watched the documentary Good Food with his mom. It was a well done, timely documentary about eating and growing foods in the Pacific Northwest. Some if it made me cry, because I’m a big baby and get emotional when I see people living happy lives. Stuff like the immigrant cherry picker who was able to buy the very orchard he worked at for most of his life and now employs his own workers, talking about how much he loves to work outside and to hear the birds sing? In Spanish, with captions at the bottom? Rivers down my face. Same goes for the farmer talking about how much people like his peppers and how good he feels that he’s feeding people and making them healthy. And for the couple who won’t sell anything they wouldn’t feed to their daughter. And the happiest pigs I have ever, ever seen. And and and.

If you are into crying happy tears and get choked up about food and they way we eat then you ought to watch this film. Even if you don’t get choked up, but still care, or want to care, hunt it down. Unfortunately the film isn’t in wide distribution yet, so you can’t buy the DVD or get it from Netflix. You can catch a screening or get it from the library, though:
Screenings for 2009
DVD @ The Seattle Public Library