Food on Film

Posted on 06/05/2013 by Dr. Bukar USMAN, mni

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Food Tank (The Food Think Tank) published its list of 10 Moves about the Food Movements Worth Watching today. The ten include some good items, most of which are available through Netflix. Their top 10 are:

  1. Food, Inc.
  2. Forks Over Knives
  3. Dive! The Film
  4. The Garden
  5. FRESH, the Movie
  6. King Corn
  7. Food Fight
  8. Our Daily Bread
  9. Dirt: the Movie
  10. The Price of Sugar

There’s some good films there, but the list only scratches the surface of food-centered movies that have come out in recent years. Others worth seeing include:

220px-Super_Size_Me_PosterSupersize Me. This film was one of the first food documentaries. In it, Morgan Spurlock traces the health effects of eating nothing but McDonald’s for a month.

Farmageddon. Explores the struggles faced by small family farmers in the United States.

Beer Wars. The story of craft beer and its relationship with the large brewers in the United States.

The Harvest. Examines…

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About Dr. Bukar USMAN, mni

I started as a field Veterinary officer with Borno State Ministry of Agriculture and later joined College of Agric, Maiduguri as a lecture & a Researcher in the Department of Animal Health & Production. I was appointed the Provost of the College In 2003. In 2007 I was appointed Hon. Commissioner & Member Borno State Executive Council and later appointed Permanent Secretary with the Borno State Civil Service in 2009. I was the National Facilitator Animal Health, National Programme For Food Security of the Federal Ministry of Agric & Rural Development, Abuja. I was Director, Veterinary Medicine & Allied Products (VMAP) and now Director North East Zone NAFDAC. I’m a member of the National Institute’ (mni), Kuru SEC 40, 2018. I engaged myself in various aspects of the veterinary profession. I founded Sril Group Ltd, Nigeria. I’m now the Director General of Borno State Livestock Management Agency (BOLMA)
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