Farmageddon??!!?

I just watched an amazing trailer for a documentary about the plight of small, family-run farms that I wanted to share. Over the last few months as the WestSide Grocery has grown and our offerings have expanded, we have noticed how difficult it is to find products produced, grown and raised by small farms. Why is this? People have offered a number of reasons, and for every product and every situation the circumstances are certainly unique.

But it does seem to me that often (not always) government regulation of our food industry makes it difficult for the little guy to get his product to the market. And the things that government regulations control are not things that I necessarily want in my food. While the things that matter to me are not monitored or controlled whatsoever.

This is a sensitive issue that people are talking about all over the country. Watch the trailer for Farmageddon and let us know what you have to say about it all! Let's get a conversation started... (We are hoping to have this movie screened here at the market in the near future so stay tuned!)

Farmageddon - Movie Trailer from Kristin Canty on Vimeo.