Regenerative agricultural practices can be transformative, but only if we let them.
Siri Chilukuri
Comment on industrial agriculture mostly appears in the mainstream only when something has gone awry. The current avian flu epidemic comes to mind, but it’s rare for the general public to step back from the alarm of novel threats to take a more comprehensive look at why our current system doesn’t work for its supposed purpose of feeding people.
Common Ground, a new documentary now screening in AMC theaters across the country (and 2023 Tribeca Film Award winner), isn’t afraid to point its finger at Big Ag for the problems with industrial agriculture. It posits that regenerative agriculture is one powerful climate solution that could fix our broken food system. The film positions itself as a sort of an anti-Inconvenient Truth (the famous 2006 climate change documentary from Vice President Al Gore) in the sense that it’s a “good news” documentary about a very bad industry rather than a clarion call for climate action to a disengaged and uninformed public.