Another Anti-Ag Movie

Farmageddon

The movie, Farmageddon, will be screened for the first time in Ohio on Saturday, August 20 at Studio 35 Cinema and Drafthouse in Columbus.  A Cleveland screening is scheduled for next month. 

According to the movie's web site:

“Farmageddon tells the story of small, family farms that were providing safe, healthy foods to their communities and were forced to stop, sometimes through violent action, by agents of misguided government bureaucracies, and seeks to figure out why.  [The filmmaker] found farm policies that favor agribusiness and factory farms over small family-operated farms selling fresh foods to their communities. Instead of focusing on the source of food safety problems — most often the industrial food chain — policymakers and regulators implement and enforce solutions that target and often drive out of business small farms that have proven themselves more than capable of producing safe, healthy food, but buckle under the crushing weight of government regulations and excessive enforcement actions.”

“The film serves to put policymakers and regulators on notice that there is a growing movement of people aware that their freedom to choose the foods they want is in danger, a movement that is taking action with its dollars and its voting power to protect and preserve the dwindling number of family farms that are struggling to survive.” 

While this film will only be viewed by a small minority of movie goers, it is imperative that we, as an industry, be prepared for potential media inquiries or inquiries from consumers.  Ohio farmers and Ohio agribusinesses are committed to doing what is right for their animals, environment and their communities.  They are proud to provide safe, affordable and nutritious food for Ohioans and the world.