Food, Inc
I listened to a review of this new documentary, Food Inc, on NPR yesterday. Sounds pretty interesting and I'm excited to see Michael Pollan (of The Omnivore's Dilemma) and Eric Schlosser (of Fast Food Nation) teaming up on this project.
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As a food historian and ethical vegetarian who tries to follow a sustainable diet overall, I've been anxious to see this as well. I just hope they don't try to use obesity as a convenient scapegoat for why we should demand change in the way we subsidize and produce food.
I'm actually going to see this movie later today! I'll post my POV in the community.
Thanks so much for posting on this!!! Can's wait to see this film.
This is very exciting. Over the past year, I've started to become more interested in how food is subsidized (which creates cheap junk food and costlier healthy food).
I was however, struck by the use of the "country bumpkin" who, in his fantastic southern accent said "smells like money to me!"
It is true that in order for our current food system to work, you have to have greedy people on all levels, from the farmer, to the lobbyists and politicians. However, I think quoting him like that villifies the stereotyped "uneducated southerner," which is unfair.
Did you notice how he was the only one quoted saying percievably insensitive things, while the others quoted had a common United States English accent and were all exposing new information or calling us to action? Seems pretty fked up to me.
I dunno - I identified 5 non-urban American accents, and that guy was the only one who came off as "vilified." of course it's all out of context for a minute long preview, so I could be wrong. (and I guess for all I know, it probably smells like someone else's money, because goodness knows farmers don't make very much nowadays).
I read the overall message, which gels with the message that you get from other works in a similar vein, as that the small farmers are as much the victims of the agribusiness model as the people consuming the goods are. Like the guy at the very end said (in that sort of marbles-in-the-mouth upper south accent) they're happy to supply if we demand, but they just can't compete with the economies of mass scale.
(and as a Texan married into a family of kind-hearted rednecks, I'm pretty hypersensitive to the way urban can totally write off the entire southern and rural populations of the US)
folks. urban folks.
/typing fail
One of the many reasons I'm vegan. I always tell people that if they're going to eat meat, at least try to find meat from an animal who is organically fed and raised in a humane and loving way by a local farm. I also know how hard it is for a lot of people to do this since not all communities have access to a local organic farm.
As far as veggies and grains go, I mostly try to grow my own, and there are a lot of books and websites out there now on urban farming, so that people who live in cities can grow their own too.
Don't let the food fascists dictate what goes into your belly! In the end, your health is all you have!
A great idea for a film, but I doubt many have the ability to "vote" for organic food simply because it's so expensive.
One of my personal dreams in life is to be able to buy only organic food for my family, but I can't do that because of the cost.
My family is lucky enough to live in Florida and enjoy the benefits of a backyard container garden, but many do not have the time or money to invest in even that. Especially during this recession.
I will not be made to feel guilty for buying what's affordable for my family, and I hope no one else here is either.
However, I do applaud the makers of the film for exploring this and bringing it to a wider audience.
I'm so excited to see this. Haha, The Omnivore's Dilemme- we had to read that for summer reading for Freshman year of college... Interesting that the two are teaming up together. Can't wait.
Wasn't the Food Inc review on Fresh Air great? I loved hearing how moved Robert Kenner was by the movie.
Look at that, so you DO get fruit and veggies at American markets.
this movie just looks so visually appealing, i hope it's really just ironically going to get me super grossed out. isn't playing anywhere near me though, seems.