Movies@MNH Earth Month Series: “What’s on Your Plate?”
Event Details
17 N. Clinton St.
Iowa City, Iowa
Contact Name: Sarah Horgen
Email: sarah-horgen@uiowa.edu
Phone: 3193350606
Website: http://uiowa.edu/mnh/
Event Description
“What’s On Your Plate?” follows two eleven-year-old multi-racial city kids as they explore their place in the food chain. Sadie and Safiyah take a close look at food systems in New York City and its surrounding areas. The girls address questions regarding the origin of the food they eat, how it’s cultivated, how many miles it travels from the harvest to their plate, how it’s prepared, who prepares it, and what is done afterwards with the packaging and leftovers. They visit the usual supermarkets, fast food chains, and school lunchrooms. But they also check into innovative sustainable food system practices by going to farms, greenmarkets, and community supported agriculture programs. They discover that these programs both help struggling farmers to survive on the one hand and provide affordable, locally-grown food to communities on the consumer end, especially to lower-income urban families. In “What’s On Your Plate?” the two friends formulate sophisticated and compassionate opinions on the state of their society, and by doing so inspire hope and active engagement in others. [76 minutes, Unrated]
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
17 N Clinton St
Iowa City, IA
319-335-0480
