Ingredients for change: EcoZoic Detroit presents provocative film ‘Food, Inc.’ in Eastern Market

EcoZoic Detroit, in partnership with Detroit Evolution, Eastern Market Corporation and Great Lakes Bioneers, host a free screening of the documentary, Food Inc. on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at Detroit’s Eastern Market. The event kicks off Detroit’s participation in the “Ingredients for Change Campaign,” a nationwide initiative to address America’s alarming rates of obesity and other major health problems directly linked to our country’s food system. EcoZoic Detroit was selected as one of 30 organizations around the country to participate in the campaign, and will convene a range of related local projects to join a nationwide network of local, agricultural and public health groups working to increase the availability of nutritious food and improve overall health in their communities.

Food, Inc., the critically acclaimed 2009 hit documentary from Participant Media, Magnolia Pictures and River Road Entertainment, gives audiences a vivid view of industrial food production, a system that in the last 50 years has drastically changed the American diet. Scrutinizing our national agriculture and food policies, the film examines why soda and fast food are now significantly cheaper and more accessible then fresh fruits and vegetables, and how this change has directly contributed to soaring rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other health problems.

Feb, 17, 7 p.m. Eastern Market’s Heated Shed 5, at the corner of Russell and Alfred streets, Detroit.