Film Series Continues with Free Screening of Just Eat It on February 5

The next screening in The Elements: An Annual Environmental Film Series will be Just Eat It, about food waste and food rescue. The film will be shown on Monday, February 5, 2018, 7 pm at Powell Family Cinema on the campus of Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT (directions). All films are open to the public and free of charge.

"We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines
and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash?"

As described on the film's website, Just Eat It documents filmmakers and food lovers Jen Rustemeyer (Producer) and Grant Baldwin (Director/Editor/Composer) as they investigate the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to their own fridge. After their eyes are opened to the billions of dollars of good food thrown away each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping and survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away. In a nation where one in 10 people is food insecure, the images they capture of squandered groceries are both shocking and compelling. Just Eat It looks at our systemic obsession with expiration dates, perfect produce and portion sizes, and reveals the core of this issue that is having devastating consequences around the globe. Just Eat It brings farmers, retailers, inspiring organizations, and consumers to the table in a story that is equal parts education and entertainment.

After the film, we welcome you to stay for an informal discussion. 

We hope you can join us! Phone our office at 860-346-3282 for more information.

The Elements: An Annual Environmental Film Series was begun in 2015 by the Connecticut River Coastal Conservation District, Middlesex Community College Environmental Science Program, The Rockfall Foundation, and Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts and College of the Environment. Previous films include: Elemental, Watershed, Dirt! The Movie, Chasing Ice, The End of the Line, The True Cost, Dukale's Dream,  Xmas Without China, Merchants of Doubt, Racing to Zero, Forgotten Farms, and A Plastic Ocean.