The collaboration with the Real Food Media team has been wonderful, helping our workers make profound connections with their fellow organizers, building up their courage to speak up against exploitation and for justice and sparking them to share their stories with a broad audience.

Corporate interests are investing vast sums of money in storytelling designed to influence Americans’ food choices. I am encouraged that so many original voices have come forth in the Real Food Films Contest, keeping the food and farming dialogue in the hands of the people.

Corporate Accountability International is proud to be the organizational home of this groundbreaking project. Anna Lappé, her team, and project partners are giving voice to a food future that nurtures health and the environment, instead of making both sick. Real Food Media is also a potent force in democratizing a food culture that has to this point been shaped by a handful of transnational corporations and PR firms.

Real Food Media’s materials are an invaluable tool for organizing on campuses across the country. And Project Director Anna Lappé, is a powerful force for student movement building: She has spoken at dozens of schools with emerging “real food” campaigns from Florida to California. Whenever she does, our work on the ground is strengthened.