When we talk of change in our food system, is it a "revolution" or "evolution"? Academy Award®-nominated director Scott Hamilton Kennedy (THE GARDEN, FAME HIGH, OT: OUR TOWN) chooses evolution but the conclusions of his film, Food Evolution are somewhat revolutionary. We visit the Roxie theater in the Mission District in San Francisco for a west coast premier of the film, a conversation with the film-maker and feedback from a panel including a somewhat skeptical  Michael Dimock, President of Roots of Change and an unabashed fan, UC Davis Geneticist, Dr. Pamela Ronald.  The film is narrated by esteemed science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson and is "set amidst a brutally polarized debate marked by fear, distrust and confusion: the controversy surrounding GMOs and food. Traveling from Hawaiian papaya groves, to banana farms in Uganda to the cornfields of Iowa, FOOD EVOLUTION wrestles with the emotions and the evidence driving one of the most heated arguments of our time"

Reviews have ranged from "propaganda" to high praise such as in the New York Times: "With a soft tone, respectful to opponents but insistent on the data, “Food Evolution” posits an inconvenient ...." Michael Dimock, Pamela Ronald and Scott Kennedy don't completely agree, but they give us food for thought.  You can listen to the conversation on Farm To Table Talk and find where to see the film at www.foodevolution.com.