family Archives - Real Food Media https://realfoodmedia.org/tag/family/ Storytelling, critical analysis, and strategy for the food movement. Sat, 16 Apr 2022 02:48:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding https://realfoodmedia.org/portfolio/the-big-letdown-how-medicine-big-business-and-feminism-undermine-breastfeeding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-big-letdown-how-medicine-big-business-and-feminism-undermine-breastfeeding https://realfoodmedia.org/portfolio/the-big-letdown-how-medicine-big-business-and-feminism-undermine-breastfeeding/#respond Sun, 29 Oct 2017 06:53:26 +0000 http://realfoodmedia.org/?post_type=portfolio&p=1787 Pediatricians say you should but it’s okay if you don’t. The hospital says, “Breast is best,” but sends you home with formula “just in case.” Your sister-in-law says, “Of course you should!” Your mother says, “I didn’t, and you turned out just fine.” Celebrities are photographed nursing in public, yet breastfeeding mothers are asked to... Read more »

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Pediatricians say you should but it’s okay if you don’t. The hospital says, “Breast is best,” but sends you home with formula “just in case.” Your sister-in-law says, “Of course you should!” Your mother says, “I didn’t, and you turned out just fine.” Celebrities are photographed nursing in public, yet breastfeeding mothers are asked to cover up in malls and on airplanes. Breastfeeding is a private act, yet everyone has an opinion about it. How did feeding our babies get so complicated?

Journalist and infant health advocate Kimberly Seals Allers breaks breastfeeding out of the realm of “personal choice” and shows our broader connection to an industrialized food system that begins at birth, the fallout of feminist ideals, and the federal policies that are far from family friendly. The Big Letdown uncovers the multibillion-dollar forces battling to replace mothers’ milk and the failure of the medical establishment to protect infant health. Weaving together research and personal stories with original reporting on medicine, big pharma, and hospitals, Kimberly Seals Allers shows how mothers and babies have been abandoned by all the forces that should be supporting families from the start–and what we can do to help.

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Homeward https://realfoodmedia.org/video/homeward/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=homeward Sun, 24 Sep 2017 22:57:47 +0000 http://realfoodfilms.org/?post_type=video&p=352 The post Homeward appeared first on Real Food Media.

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Home Flavored https://realfoodmedia.org/video/home-flavored/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=home-flavored Sat, 01 Apr 2017 06:35:49 +0000 http://realfoodfilms.org/?post_type=video&p=1486 The post Home Flavored appeared first on Real Food Media.

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Changing Season: A Father, A Daughter, A Family Farm https://realfoodmedia.org/portfolio/changing-season-a-father-a-daughter-a-family-farm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=changing-season-a-father-a-daughter-a-family-farm https://realfoodmedia.org/portfolio/changing-season-a-father-a-daughter-a-family-farm/#respond Mon, 13 Feb 2017 22:13:06 +0000 http://realfoodmedia.org/?post_type=portfolio&p=1544 How do you become a farmer? The real questions are: What kind of person do you want to be? Are you willing to change? How do you learn? What is your vision for the future? In this poignant collection of essays, David Mas Masumoto gets ready to hand his eighty-acre organic farm to his daughter,... Read more »

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How do you become a farmer? The real questions are: What kind of person do you want to be? Are you willing to change? How do you learn? What is your vision for the future? In this poignant collection of essays, David Mas Masumoto gets ready to hand his eighty-acre organic farm to his daughter, Nikiko, after four decades of working the land. He reflects on topics as far ranging as the art of pruning, climate change, and the prejudice his family faced during and after World War II: essays that, whether humorous or heartbreaking, explore what it means to pass something on. Nikiko’s voice is present too, as she relates the myriad lessons she has learned from her father in preparation for running the farm as a queer mixed-race woman. Both farmers feel less than totally set for the future that lies ahead; indeed, Changing Season addresses the uncertain future of small-scale agriculture in California. What is unquestionable, though, is the family’s love for their vocation—and for each other.

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McEwen & Sons True Grits https://realfoodmedia.org/video/mcewen-sons-true-grits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mcewen-sons-true-grits Thu, 31 Mar 2016 23:21:51 +0000 http://realfoodfilms.org/?post_type=video&p=1555 The post McEwen & Sons True Grits appeared first on Real Food Media.

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From Seed: Land & Freedom https://realfoodmedia.org/video/from-seed-land-freedom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-seed-land-freedom Mon, 18 May 2015 19:12:46 +0000 http://realfoodfilms.org/?post_type=video&p=1217 The post From Seed: Land & Freedom appeared first on Real Food Media.

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Camelina https://realfoodmedia.org/video/camelina/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=camelina Mon, 18 May 2015 19:12:46 +0000 http://realfoodfilms.org/?post_type=video&p=1222 The post Camelina appeared first on Real Food Media.

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Bunker Vietnamese https://realfoodmedia.org/video/bunker-vietnamese/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bunker-vietnamese Mon, 18 May 2015 19:12:46 +0000 http://realfoodfilms.org/?post_type=video&p=1224 The post Bunker Vietnamese appeared first on Real Food Media.

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Operation Apple https://realfoodmedia.org/video/operation-apple/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=operation-apple Mon, 18 May 2015 19:12:46 +0000 http://realfoodfilms.org/?post_type=video&p=1225 The post Operation Apple appeared first on Real Food Media.

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Food Hero: The Nelson Family https://realfoodmedia.org/video/food-hero-the-nelson-family/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=food-hero-the-nelson-family Tue, 03 Mar 2015 21:39:14 +0000 http://realfoodfilms.org/?post_type=video&p=1187 The Nelson Family in Minnesota used to raise their cattle conventionally, until illness and financial difficulties made the alternative path obvious. They switched to organic and selling milk though Organic Valley, a cooperative of farmers. Now they run a thriving family farm business. See them reflect on their transition and where it’s led them.

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The Nelson Family in Minnesota used to raise their cattle conventionally, until illness and financial difficulties made the alternative path obvious. They switched to organic and selling milk though Organic Valley, a cooperative of farmers. Now they run a thriving family farm business. See them reflect on their transition and where it’s led them.

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