by Adam Helfer
washingtontimes.com

There is just something comforting about frequenting a local farmers market or passing the small farms on a weekend jaunt through the countryside. It’s a genuine slice of Americana that’s not only aesthetically pleasing and soothing, but the standard in how we should feed ourselves and families in this country.

Though a dark secret brewing is that an unseen war has been waged against these very small farms and buying clubs across the country. It has put the sustainable farming industry on thin ice and threatens the entire real food system and infrastructure.

Filmmaker Kristin Canty initially got interested in healthy food when one of her sons fell sick with multiple allergies. She found that farm fresh grassfed raw milk healed and restored him to perfect health. In getting the fresh foods from various farms to keep her family healthy, she started learning about numerous issues being posed by local and federal government along with armed raids on farm buying clubs and health food co-ops across the entire nation- the very foods that restored her son to perfect health have been under attack. This incensed Canty (who had no prior filmmaking experience) to document the harsh treatment against small farms and allow the general public to become more aware of the iniquitous situation.

Farmageddon documents the personal accounts small farmers and clubs being affected and highlights the urgency of food freedom and a review and modifications of the policies and laws that are the crux of the issue.

Read the Full Article Here: http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/omkara/2011/jun/13/farmageddon-unseen-war-americas-farms/