
We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash? Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping and survive only on d... (Full plot summary below)
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We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash? Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping and survive only on discarded food. What they find is truly shocking.
Leave your thoughts about Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story.
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA spunky and edifying documentary on the epidemic of food waste in America. |
| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Sydney Brownstone[Just Eat it] leaves a viewer hungry for something different. |
| Dear Cast and CrewDi GoldingWhat saves this film from being another gimmicky Super Size Me or No Impact Man is Grant and Jennifer's modestly charming Canadian-ness. They present some pretty frightening statistics, but they also offer some helpful solutions |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenThe filmmakers are so frustrated by the amount of food that North Americans waste that they determine to eat only thrown-out grub for six months. |
| User ReviewRobin vfantastic account of the food waste we could be living on! not half-eaten burgers, but perfectly good sealed/packaged food, also imperfect fruit and vegies that never make it to the store! 25% of what we buy we font even eat... let's fix this problem. |