Environment

Greed in the Seed: Food Inc's "Inconvenient Truth"

by mtippett | June 11, 2009 at 07:31 am

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The Huffpo had a piece on the soon to be release film, Food Inc.

The riveting documentary Food, Inc. (opening in select cities tomorrow) presents elements of the food industry that can put profit ahead of food safety, workers' rights, animal welfare, the sustainability of the environment, and the livelihood of the family farmer.

Having watched an advanced screening I can tell you that this film is well worth watching and will change the way you think about food. If it moves you to act, the film has these suggestions.

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Uwe Paschen

at 08:14 on June 11th, 2009

God luck changing any thing. Some have lost their shirt taking them on. I speak out of experience. The movie may help though. I hope.

http://my.nowpublic.com/environment/desperate-farmers-dying-environment

Barbara McPherson

at 09:34 on June 11th, 2009

As a small farmer, I can attest that people are looking at price point before much else. If fresh cut broccoli sold at the farmers' market is sold for the equivalent of $ 1.00 per pound and the supermarket has two week old Mexican at $0.50 most people will buy the two week old. Of course you are voting with your money with everything you buy. If people would remember the old saying -- you are what you eat -- they would be reluctant to put some of those factory products into their mouths or the mouths of their children.