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Free screening: ‘What’s on Your Plate?’ at the Hammer Museum, April 1

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 
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The Hammer Museum will host a free screening next week of ‘What’s on Your Plate?’ -- a documentary about kids and food politics by filmmaker Catherine Gund. The film follows two 11-year-olds who explore New York’s food sources, talking to activists, farmers, store owners and their families in an effort to understand what’s on their plates. The middle-schoolers delve into how their food is cultivated, how many miles it travels from harvest to plate, how it’s prepared, who prepares it, and what is done with the packaging and leftovers. The screening will take place Thursday, April 1, at 7 p.m. A Q&A panel will follow, featuring director Gund, star Sadie Hope-Gund, and actors-activists Ed Begley Jr. and Esai Morales.

10899 Wilshire Blvd., (310) 443-7000, www.hammer.ucla.edu.

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-- Betty Hallock

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Betty Hallock

Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. She has co-written four cookbooks, including “Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles,” “Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen” and “Baking at République.” She started her journalism career at the Wall Street Journal and Scientific American in New York, worked on the L.A. Times’ Business desk, and was interim food editor at Los Angeles Magazine. Hallock also helped launch a food and nutrition vertical for wellness app RoundGlass. She’s a graduate of UCLA and New York University.

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