5:30pm Friday, July 8 - New York City

Jimmy's No. 43 Restaurant at 43 East 7th Street

Join Filmmaker, Kristin Canty and other foodies this Friday  to celebrate the New York Premiere of Farmageddon--the Unseen War Against American Family Farms, an important film about our rights to healthy food, followed by a brief Q&A!  

Tickets and more details are available at www.FarmageddonNYC.eventbrite.com  

You are cordially invited to attend a Special Reception & Screening of  Farmageddon--the Unseen War Against American Family Farms, followed by a brief Q&A!   

Join Filmmaker, Kristin Canty and other foodies this Friday  to celebrate the New York Premiere of this important film about our rights to healthy food.

Reception 5:30pm Friday, July 8 

Jimmy's No. 43 Restaurant at 43 East 7th Street

Tickets and more details are available at www.FarmageddonNYC.eventbrite.com  

Falls Church, Virginia--July 5, 2011-- Swat teams, seizures, search warrants, not the kind of things one normally associates with the idyllic family farm. Unbeknownst to most of the nation, American family farms are literally under seige by regulators with rule books. This is the subject of Kristin Canty's documentary film Farmageddon--the Unseen War on American Family Farms which just opened in D.C. and L.A. and now opens this Friday, July 8 for one week only, in New York City at Cinema Village on 12th Street.  

The filmmaker was inspired by the work of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, which was born on the 4th of July, 2007. Concerned about the increasing regulatory burden on small and mixed-use farms, FTCLDF defends small sustainable farms which sell their farm products direct to consumers, against government interference.   

A first time filmmaker, Kristin is a Massachusetts mom whose 4-year-old son was healed of multiple allergies by adding farm fresh (raw) milk to his diet. Kristin offered to host a fundraiser for FTCLDF, and was horrified as she made posters of the farmers who were experiencing hardship at the hands of government. Kristin was moved into action, alarmed by the FTCLDF reports of armed raids of farm buying clubs and health food co-ops around the nation. Since she achieved near miraculous results by adding raw dairy to her son's diet, she found a film crew and went to work in defense of this nutritious food, which was the primary target in numerous raids.   

Farmageddon tells the stories, in the words of the victims themselves, of the numerous trespasses of the health bureaucrats on farmers' and consumers' civil liberties. Canty also interviews experts on health and nutrition and leading local foods advocates to give a sobering assessment of the plight of farmers who seek to meet the growing demand for healthy, ecologically grown food. Congressman Ron Paul makes a cameo appearance decrying government's overreach into the health and diet decisions of American citizens.  

Kristin Canty is a member both of the Weston A. Price Foundation, a nutrition education and activist group, and of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. With the film, she hopes to draw the nation's attention to the hindrances faced by honest farmers and the tragedy of bucolic farm life disturbed by food police run amok.  

The NYC. premiere runs from Friday, July 8 through Thursday, July 14th. Showtimes for are 1:10pm, 3:10pm,  7:10pm, 9:00pm. For tickets, contact Cinema Village Theatre, located at 22 East 12th Street, New York, NY; the  box office phone number is 212-924-3363.  

For other screening dates and times, and to see the trailer, visit the Farmageddon website: www.farmageddonmovie.com     

Learn more about farm raids on the FTCLDF website: www.farmtoconsumer.org/farm-raids  

A volunteer Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader and volunteer FundRAISER for the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, Kristin has been a tireless supporter of farmers and expanding access to fresh farm foods.

Washington Post Review

Small farms, big troubles 

The documentary "Farmageddon" peddles food for thought, posing such questions as: Why is it so easy to buy cigarettes but so difficult to purchase raw, unpasteurized milk? A pack of Marlboros arguably has no benefit beyond a temporary buzz - and has plenty of drawbacks - while raw milk is loaded with nutrients but carries a small risk of E. coli, that potentially lethal bacteria we now know can crop up on bean sprouts or spinach.

That is just one of the compelling curiosities unveiled in Kristin Canty's surprisingly engrossing documentary, a worthy addition to the growing annals of movies and books advocating for

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Read "Mom Makes Movie to Defend Rights to Healthy Food"

Read Kristin's Story - including what inspired her to make Farmageddon.