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Meanwhile, we continue to edit in hopes that this film will add a bit more to the conversation about what we eat and where it comes from and inspire communities and individuals thinking about what they can do, whether it is promoting kitchen gardens and eating traditional foods or reading labels. A student in an anthropology class at the University of Alaska Fairbanks recently wrote on a rough-cut feedback form:
Also in Fairbanks, the opening of Eating Alaska is part of an installation in an exhibition called Hunting and Trapping In Alaska's Interior Our Stories, Our Lives at the University of Alaska's Museum of the North, from May through November.
06/10/2008: "Tomatoes, Choices and More News"
Today in the news there are stories of warnings to stay away from certain kinds of tomatoes, due to a salmonella outbreak. Rising food prices have led to riots and a global crisis. Reasons? Climate change, food aid policies and the way we eat. Billions of people are buying more food especially in China and India, where many have stopped growing their own food and are buying a lot more of it.Meanwhile, we continue to edit in hopes that this film will add a bit more to the conversation about what we eat and where it comes from and inspire communities and individuals thinking about what they can do, whether it is promoting kitchen gardens and eating traditional foods or reading labels. A student in an anthropology class at the University of Alaska Fairbanks recently wrote on a rough-cut feedback form:
I'm an average 21 year old white girl, but the film really makes me ask why I chose quick, ready made foods, when it is bad for me and sustainability. I will think more about living somewhere that I could grow a garden during the summer.Since she lives in a place where getting your own wild meat is part of local food ways, the student also said she'd like to try caribou hunting this fall.
Also in Fairbanks, the opening of Eating Alaska is part of an installation in an exhibition called Hunting and Trapping In Alaska's Interior Our Stories, Our Lives at the University of Alaska's Museum of the North, from May through November.
Ellen Frankenstein, on 06.10.08 @ 16:35AKT
