Promote the benefits of sustainable food and educate others about industrial farms by helping us spread the word. Below are suggestions about what you can do. If you can think of other ways to promote our issues, please email leo@themeatrix.com.

Together, we can continue to change our food system and bring healthier, more sustainable food to everyone!

Link to us
Promote us online
Sticker, flier, poster
Local events
The Meatrix in theaters
Email your friends
Write articles
Comment on our blog

Link to us
Do you have your own web site or blog? Or perhaps publish an e-newsletter or host a listserv? If so, please give us a plug! We have some great banners for The Meatrix that you can put on your site and into your emails. We also have Sustainable Table and Eat Well Guide logos that you can post up.

Below is sample text you can use when linking to us (but feel free to write up your own blurb!)

• Sustainable Table celebrates the sustainable food movement, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through food. Visit them at www.sustainabletable.org.
• The Eat Well Guide is a free online directory of nearly 9,000 farms, stores, restaurants, bed & breakfasts, and other outlets that offer sustainably raised meat, poultry, dairy and egg products in the United States and Canada. Consumers search by zip code, product, growing method or region at www.eatwellguide.org to find the nearest wholesome food.
• Over 15 million people have watched The Meatrix – find out why at www.themeatrix.com
• Moopheus, Leo and Chickity are back in The Meatrix II: Revolting, the sequel to the Webby-award winning Meatrix. This time, they battle corporate agents as they try to save small, family farms. Watch the movie at www.themeatrix2.com.
• The original Meatrix changed the way we look at meat. The Meatrix II ½ will make you think even more. www.moremeatrix.com

Promote us online
Not only can you post our Meatrix banners on your web site or blog, you can also write a review or your own commentary on sustainable food or factory farming. How does The Meatrix affect you? What do you think about the sustainable food movement and/or factory farming?
Are you part of any discussion boards or forums? If so, talk about the issues there. Get a dialogue started, and see what your friends and readers have to say.

• Go to the graphics page or link page for some graphics and banners to put on your site.
• Write a movie review of The Meatrix, The Meatrix II: Revolting or The Meatrix II 1/2.
• Like our feature articles on Sustainable Table? Try to get your favorite online magazine or site to reprint them.
• Write an editorial - what did you think about factory farms before seeing The Meatrix, and what do you think now? Send it to your local online paper.
• What will you do to change your buying and eating habits to be more sustainable? What has happened since you’ve gone sustainable? Email Sustainable Table at info@sustainabletable.org and we’ll publish your comments in our “Stories” section.
• Make sure to link to us.
• Please let us know when you set up a link. Email us at info@sustainabletable.org.

Sticker, Flier, Poster
You can download and print posters of The Meatrix from our graphics page, or contact us to receive postcards, 8 ½ x 11 posters and stickers for The Eat Well Guide and Meatrix by mail. You can:

• Send an Eat Well Guide and Meatrix postcard to everyone you know.
• Hang posters in public places in your city, town or local area.
• Leave out postcards in public places for consumers to pick up.
• Pass out stickers to children and adults.
• Places to put out materials include:
  Bookstores
  Bulletin boards at your local grocery store
  Campus dining halls and student centers
  Coffee shops
  Farmers markets
  Hair/nail salons
  Health food stores
  Independent movie theaters
  Laundromats
  Malls
  Restaurants (especially organic/sustainable ones)
  Wellness centers
  Yoga centers
  Any public place where you are permitted to leave material!

Show The Meatrix at local events and gatherings
Places you could show the film include:

• School (Try to have it shown at a school function, or use it as a presentation for one of your classes)
• PTA meetings/school board meetings (use the film as a way to try to get your or your child’s school to serve sustainable food!)
• Library events
• Local fairs
• Having a bake sale? Show The Meatrix films so people stay around and munch on their goodies. They might come back for seconds!
• Pool parties
• Picnics and barbecues
• Town festivals and special events like Earth Day celebrations

We can provide you with a copy of the film, as well as with materials and handouts to put on your table. Email leo@themeatrix.com with your request for a DVD or downloading instructions, and please remember the following guidelines whenever you show the film:
The entire film must be shown and credit must be given to Sustainable Table (www.sustainabletable.org) and Free Range Studios (www.freerangestudios.com), complete with web addresses. The Meatrix may not be incorporated into any other films or multi-media presentations without written consent, but it can be shown in its entirety before or after other presentations.

Get your local theater to show The Meatrix
One of the most effective ways to get word out about The Meatrix is to have it shown in your local movie theater. Your best bet is to check with local, independent movie theaters in your area, but it can’t hurt to ask at the larger ones also.

• Contact the theater manager and ask if they would show the film or trailer as a public service announcement (PSA) before the main movies. Mention that the film was made by a nonprofit organization. We can send you some Sustainable Table brochures and other information if you think that would help.
• If the theater first requests a viewing/screening copy, contact us. We’ll send you a DVD and information packet that you can leave with the theater manager.
• If the theater is interested, find out what viewing format they can use (DVD, beta, mini-DV, etc) – Please email leo@themeatrix.com to let us know what you need and when you need it. Please include your mailing address.
• Ask the theater if you can put out postcards and perhaps hang some posters (even if they are not able to show the film).
• Don’t rule out local film festivals and film events that might be shown in people’s homes, coffee shops, or local public places. See if your library has any type of movie night. Many universities have film viewings on campus.
• If you get The Meatrix into a theater, we’ll send you a Meatrix coffee mug for your efforts! And don’t forget, you can receive points for getting the film shown in a theater!

Email your friends
Email your friends and encourage them to watch The Meatrix movies. You can send them a link directly from www.themeatrix.com and include a personal message.

Out with friends and want to show our films? Simply download The Meatrix onto your iPod, cellphone or PDA and show away!

You can also encourage others to sign up for our Sustainable Table newsletter – simply visit our sign up page to register.

And join the discussion in The Parlour, our sustainable food and industrial farm forum that’s always on, twenty-four hours a day.

Write an article
Most local papers look for interesting articles. Find out how industrial farming or sustainable food ties into your community and write about it. Even if you don’t have a factory farm nearby, you could write about how consumers are impacted by industrial food production. Or write about your local farmers market. Put links to our sites in your piece. If you get an article printed, please send us a copy!

Go to the Issues section for information and ideas.

Post Comments on Sustainable Table's Blog
Stay current with food news and what Moopheus, Leo and Chickity are doing by reading Sustainable Table's Blog. The blog is a way to keep up to date with Sustainable Table, The Meatrix, the Eat Well Guide, and news about sustainable food and industrial agriculture. Comment, suggest ideas, trackback from your site, sign up to be notified when new postings go up. Just get involved!