Ana Joanes
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Ana was born in Portugal and grew up in Switzerland. Following a travel-abroad program exploring the impact of globalization on the environment and culture, Ana came to the U.S. to study. After a BA in political science from Barnard college, Ana graduated from Columbia Law School, where she was awarded as a Stone Scholar and Human Rights Fellow. Before dedicating herself to filmmaking, Ana founded Reel Youth, Inc., a video production program for youth coming out of detention, and other under-served youth. Her first documentary, GENERATION MEDS, explored our fears and misgivings about mental illness and medication. FRESH, Ana’s second documentary, celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system.

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The Fight Against Monsanto in Haiti

Posted June 17, 2010 | 16:25:30 (EST)

Creating and distributing a movie is teamwork and FRESH has been blessed with the most wonderfully talented and dedicated people. Since all of us at FRESH are deeply engaged in changing our food system, in and out of the office, we started a blog called "FRESH...

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Cancer-free Strawberries Please!

Posted June 9, 2010 | 17:02:02 (EST)

My little girl is barely 10-months and I just love to watch her eat a strawberry, leaving her little face and fingers red and sticky! But I only give her organic strawberries, and for good reason. At 10-months, her little brain and body are developing at a fast rate and...

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Fresh -- New Thinking About What We're Eating

Posted May 11, 2009 | 18:29:08 (EST)

I'm six-months pregnant. And about to give birth to a movie, Fresh (I think the proper term is release.) I'm ready to let this baby out into the world, but I'm not so sure I'm ready for the other, the crying-pampers-changing- 24/7-for-the-next-20-years baby.

Making a movie might or might...

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