Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution

The French documentary Food Beware is a bit like days-old whole wheat bread: it’s bland and dry, but it’s still good for you. That is, if you can bear to eat it. Originally titled Nos Enfants Nous Accuseront (Our Children Will Accuse Us), this film begins by stating statistics of the shockingly high, ever-growing cancer rates in Europe, a large number of which are attributed to the environment, food, and pollution. The mayor of a picturesque French village thinks he has found a solution: change the school cafeteria from the standard canned and frozen fare to organic food. The normal lunchroom offerings hide unwanted additives such as nitrites, pe...