Birmingham Botanical Gardens Food Film Series

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Think about everything you eat and where it comes from. For most of us, our food probably comes from a grocery store or restaurant. But before that? Many of us don’t really know, specifically. That’s one of the things the Birmingham Botanical Gardens hopes to change as it launches a summer food documentary film series this Sunday. WBHM intern Aditi Jani spoke with the garden’s executive director Fred Spicer.

 

 

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