I love what you guys have been doing! I just went on a trip on Tuesday January 25, 2011, in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)! My school is P.S. /I.S. 208! I would love to see that movie over and over again! I think what you guys are doing is fantastic! 8-)

We just watched your documentary on Netflix Instant Viewing and are really glad that we could see it. We are a homeschooling mother and a 9 year old, and we are reading The Omnivore's Dilemma right now, so the movie was a great way to learn more! Thanks for making this film. We will think of you on our next trip to the farmer's market!

While I quite know most of the factoids, the impact of their complete arrangement leaves me jammed, angry, half ill, stunned that our governing elements have so arranged our food supply. This doesn't reach into the economic and social inequities against which I feel so impotent. What a blithering child I see myself to be . . . if we could just get that superlative man into the White House, our world would change. Actually, were I to distill the primary reason for wanting that direction to be taken, it was that it would mean a change for the United States in the eyes of the world. I had come to such concern for our reputation in the eyes of the world, as we have lost so much. . . . ah, the wreckage is so great, Ah, the wreakage is so deep, so profound, how, indeed, will it be brought into full humanity. I think I want to know that you are working with your heart and skills to affect some few positive shifts, and that the children will be the recipients of the urge to attend to the common good. Sometimes I feel bi-polar, at times high as seven kites because of the quality of the day, the moment, of a memory, of someone, and other times I feel so freighted with the problems of the world, of our sometimes-promising country, and the tasks appear so endless, and often to attend again, when one thought it had been settled. Please keep me appraised of your work, so there is weight on the positive side of the ledger, when I need to know that.

Dear Sadie, Safiyah and Catherine, We got to watch your film this past week. It was terrific!!! It was very informative and still so engaging. We were completely glued to the story and wanted to be making the celebration meal with you!!! Your personal victory of lowering your bad cholesterol and raising your good cholesterol was one of our favorite parts. It is also incredible to see an immigrant family come here , work hard and succeed like the Angel family. It was a beautiful film in so many ways and will certainly have a very positive impact on whomever watches it. We LOVED seeing all of you in the film. Hope to see the real YOUS soon. LOT'S love and admiration to you ALL.

Congrats to Cat, Sadie, Safiyah and your crew on the innovative and fun film!!! Keba and I really enjoyed it and I learned a lot. In fact i came home with a craving for carrots and today I read all the labels on my food. I was very impressed with the confidence of the girls in front of the camera and meeting all those "important" people. Wow! I loved the map with the food pics at the beginning- that made it very clear and easy to understand the concepts. I was very excited to see the Angel Family Farm and hear the Spanish!! It was also a very positive portrayal of an immigrant family- a change from what we see in the news- like in Arizona where it will be illegal to talk to an illegal immigrant. I liked the part at the beginning where Safiyah's brother is talking about where the food is from and he says 'from a suburb or something like that." It was cool to see Sadie fencing and I loved the boy she fences with who named his father's stomach Edward. I think Keba's stomach needs a name too. So many humorous and adorable moments throughout! It was also fun to see Tenzin when he was smaller and Kofi and Rio eating things from your window garden. Some parts of the film were also so touching and sad, like the interview with the couple with diabetes. Keba's close friend Pat, his version of an American Mom in Cleveland suffers from diabetes. Her brother lost 2 legs before he died. It's a rough disease and so common. I am so glad Sadie's cholesterol has gone down so much- I didn't know she had that. She is certainly lucky to be in a family that eats so healthy. I hope your film will one day be accessible for schools to show since it is perfect to educate kids and help them make healthier choices that will also be better for the community.

hi, catherine this is little ernie christine's step son. i just wanted to tell you that i think this was one hell of a film. when i talked to pat about the screening and she told me about it, i sort of laughed because i had already seen the film twice on planet green. for the past 5 years i have turned into some what of a tree hugger. here in oxnard there's not many of us, i have been growing a lot of vegetables,recycling, and i am the only one in my neighborhood with a composter...they all thought i was nuts. now 5 years later its now trendy to have a vegetable garden. this whole revolution has inspired me to go to culinary school and pursue a career in the food business. this is a really eye opening film and you and sadie did a great job. it took a lot of courage for sadie to challenge these big wigs that only care about the dollar signs. maybe one day we will see veggie and real juice vending machines instead of soda and chip machines. this goes to show you its a small world and if we all do a little now it can make a big difference later.

Hi Catherine, Sadie, Safiyah, and everybody else! I'm Jakori from Connecticut. I was so impressed by "What's on Your Plate?" because it reminded of me when I was 12 years old. That's when I decided to become a vegetarian. It's so nice to see young people interested in what goes into their bodies for food. If you guys ever need help with anything from editing, to desktop publishing, to promotion, and education spreading the word, you can get in touch with me, I'd love to volunteer my services. I work with the local cable station in in my county plus fairfield county in CT so I have alot of great connections. I also have a tv show that broadcasts on public television. Alright, you guys be good! See ya in the future

GREAT job. the kids learned a lot and it was a real conversation starter for us. we were talking throughout the whole movie and for once - talking during a movie was a good thing!

I’m the Program Coordinator for an Environmental Center in Miami, FL. This Saturday we’re having a “You Are What You Eat,” theme at our Center to teach families around the community about eating sustainably. I am creating an exhibit using a large globe that will show families where the ingredients from popular foods that they consume come from. Families will find where the ingredients from their pizza, for instance, come from and how far those foods travel to make it to Miami, FL. This information will translate into energy consumption and how many homes, schools, TVs (or whatever) could be powered if those ingredients were purchased locally. Problem is, I can’t find these statics anywhere! Can anyone point me in the right direction? I really think concrete numbers will drive this point home, and I’m hoping an organization such as yours has the answers. Please help! Thanks so much!

I think fruits and vegetables are good my favorite fruit is probably apples and strawberries. My favorite vegetables are carrots and broccoli. Even though sometimes I don't like to eat fruits and vegetables there good for you.