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Videos

Two weeks ago, I was invited to host a Vendor Hippo Market Review as part of Dan Borgmanns quest to visit and review every market in Colorado this summer. It’s only 10 minutes long, so give it a look. The last 30 seconds are a fun little bonus.

Longmont Farmers’ Market from Dan Borgmann on Vimeo.
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Food Inc is coming to Colorado soon. Click here for the trailer.
According to this page on Magnolia Pictures, the opening Colorado dates are:

6/26/09 Denver, CO: Chez Artiste
7/3/09 Boulder, CO: Century 16
7/3/09 Colorado Springs, CO: Twin Peak Cinemas
8/21/09 Fort Collins, CO: Lyric Cinema Cafe 2

If you read this blog, then you care about food. If you [...]

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Although it’s hard to tell just how widely this will be shown in theaters, Food, Inc. opens June 12th.

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Another trailer, which includes a more uplifting spin can be found here.
Although I fear that Food, Inc. will only be shown in smaller independent theaters, the optimist in me wonders if [...]

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This week, President Obama addressed food safety in his weekly address:

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My thoughts?
Stat: Currently, the FDA only has enough inspectors to cover around 5% of the total food production facilities. Obviously this number is unacceptable, and Obama mentions increasing our inspection capabilities. But certainly, he doesn’t mean twentyfold, [...]

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Or at least, the new commercials would have you believe.

The US Department of Health and Human Services has a… department? … division? … group? … called The National Women’s Health Information Center (Office on Women’s Health) running a campaign: The Heart Truth.
Apparently they thought it would be a good idea to partner with…Diet Coke!?!?!…to remind [...]

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