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ResourcesFor additional information on the issues and topics raised by the film:R e f e r e n c e sCenter for Ecoliteracy (2008). Big ideas: Linking Food, Culture, Health, and theEnvironment. Berkeley: Learning in the Real World. www.ecoliteracy.org.Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (2008). The Stateof Food and Agriculture, 2008—Biofuels: Prospects, Risks and Opportunities.www.fao.org/publications/sofa/index_en.htmlFood and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (2003–2004).The State of Food and Agriculture, 2003–2004—Agricultural Biotechnology:Meeting the Needs of the Poor? www.fao.org/publications/sofa/index_en.htmlGarcia, Deborah Koons (2004). The Future of Food. Lily Films.Monsanto Company website. www.monsanto.com.Participant Media (2009). Food, Inc: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker,Fatter and Poorer—and What You Can Do about It. Weber, Karl, editor. New York:Public Affairs.Pollan, Michael (2008). In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. New York:Penguin.Pollan, Michael (2006). The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.New York: Penguin.Polyface Farms website. www.polyfacefarms.com.9 6F o o d , I n c . D I S C U S S I O N G U I D E© P a r t i c i p a n t M e d i a
Pringle, Richard (2005). Food, Inc.: Mendel to Monsanto—The Promises and Perilsof the Biotech Harvest. Simon and Schuster.Richardson, Jill (2009). Recipe for America: Why our Food System is Broken andWhat We Can Do To Fix it. Brooklyn, NY: Ig Publishing.Roberts, Paul (2009, March/April). Spoiled: Organic and Local Is so 2008. MotherJones. www.motherjones.com/environment/2009/02/spoiled-organic-and-localso-2008.Schlosser, Eric (2001). Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal.New York: Houghton Mifflin.Singer, Peter, and Mason, Jim (2006). The Way We Eat: Why our Food ChoicesMatter. Emmaus, PA: Rodale.Smithfield Foods Company website. www.smithfieldfoods.com.Stonyfield Farm Organic Yogurt website. www.stonyfield.com.Sustainable Table. Eat well guide. www.sustainabletable.org.Tasch, Woody (2008). Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as ifFood, Farms, and Fertility mattered. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green.O t h e r O r g a n i z at i o n sCalifornia Center for Public Health Advocacy, www.publichealthadvocacy.org.Center for Food Safety, www.centerforfoodsafety.org.Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention, www.foodborneillness.org.9 7F o o d , I n c . D I S C U S S I O N G U I D E© P a r t i c i p a n t M e d i a
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