Food on Film is screening Food for Thought, a documentary about meat and dairy farming in Cornwall by director Bryony Stokes, on Tuesday 11 July at Exeter Phoenix.
Presented by Cornish organic beef farmer Lisa Guy, the film explores the impact of animal farming and how some livestock systems being practised in Cornwall could contribute to climate change mitigation.
The screening will be introduced by Celia Plender, a University of Exeter researcher whose work focusses on grassroots food co-operatives.
Before the film there will be a plant-based tasting session with dishes from local deli How on Earth.
After the film there will be an hour-long panel discussion chaired by Paul Young, Associate Professor of Victorian Literature and Culture at the University of Exeter.
He will be joined by James Dyke, Associate Professor in Earth System Science at the University of Exeter, Emma de Saram from Animal Rebellion, Becky Willson from Farm Carbon Toolkit and Claire Wallerstein from Cornwall Climate Care.
Cornwall Climate Care is the producer of a series of documentaries highlighting the impacts of climate change as well as local organisations, researchers and community groups that are working at the leading edge of resilience across the county.
Food for Thought is being screened as part of a series of films hosted by Food on Film in partnership with Exeter Food, a University of Exeter research network, and its MA Food Studies programme.
The series examines the ethical and environmental impact of the production of meat.
The next screening in the series is Meat the Future, a documentary about sustainably cultured meat, which will be shown on Tuesday 25 July.
This will be followed by several screenings of Chicken Run, an Aardman stop-motion claymation about a group of chickens attempting to flee the coop.
Food for Thought is at 6.45pm on Tuesday 11 July 2023 in Studio 74. The pre-screening food tasting begins at 5.30pm.
Tickets cost £8 (£5 concessions) for the film and £18 (£15 concessions) for the film plus food tasting. They can be purchased via the Exeter Phoenix website.
