Emmanuelle Chriqui

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Emmanuelle Chriqui is an actress who was born in Canada to Moroccan parents on December 10, 1977. She is perhaps most famous for her role in the TV series Entourage, but she has also appeared in a number of films, including You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), Wrong Turn (2003), 100 Girls (2000), and Detroit Rock City (1999).

Emmanuelle Chriqui at Carson Senior High School at an EMA event, with a bag of Kellogg's sewage sludge based product, Gromulch

Chriqui's involvement with the Environmental Media Association placed her in the midst of a scandal. She volunteered as the celebrity mentor to Carson Senior High School's organic garden, appearing at an event there sponsored by Kellogg Garden Products. While Kellogg Garden Products sells some organic soil amendments, the majority of its business is selling sewage sludge-based composts, which are illegal to use in organic farms and gardens. In the picture at left, you can see a bag of Kellogg's Gromulch with Chriqui. For more on this controversy, see the article on the Environmental Media Association.

Articles and Resources

Related Sourcewatch pages

• Kellogg Garden Products
• Sewage sludge
• Biosolids
• Ed Begley, Jr.
• Environmental Media Association

External Articles

• Josh Harkinson, Is Your Organic Compost Really Sewage Sludge?, Mother Jones, April 27, 2011.
• Mitch Anderson, Sewage Sludge, Celebrities and School Gardens, San Francisco Chronicle, April 25, 2011.

Photos of Chriqui

Emmanuelle Chriqui with Debbie Levin, Kathy Kellogg Johnson, and students at Carson Senior High School with a bag of Kellogg's sludge-based product Gromulch. This photo was downloaded from Chriqui's website on May 7, 2011.

Screenshot of the above photo, showing the website it was taken from.

Another photo of Chriqui, Levin, and Kellogg Johnson with children at the same event.

Screenshot of the photo above, showing it was taken from the Yes to Carrots Facebook page. Screenshot taken May 8, 2011.

Screenshot of a photo of Emmanuelle Chriqui and Gromulch, showing the website it was taken from.

Emmanuelle Chriqui and Ido Lefler with Gromulch in the background, from the May 26, 2010 "Gettin' Your Garden On" EMA event at Venice Senior High School.

Debbie Levin with Kathy Kellogg Johnson and Emmanuelle Chriqui at a school garden event.

Emmanuelle Chriqui at an EMA event co-sponsored by Dole and Kellogg. She stands below a poster advertising a Kellogg sludge product, most likely Gromulch.

Photo on EMA site of Emmanuelle Chriqui posed with an empty bag of Kellogg sludge compost (likely Gromulch). Downloaded on May 7, 2011.

Screenshot of EMA site with photo of Emmanuelle Chriqui posed with an empty bag of Kellogg sludge compost (likely Gromulch). Screenshot taken on May 7, 2011.