Food Inc. – Food Industry Commercialization

Food Inc. was a sobering but enlightening movie.  It covers the commercialization of the food industry. There are many costs when putting value and convenience over nutrition and environmental impact.

Shown were slaughterhouses and factory farms where chickens grow too fast to walk properly. Cows eat feed pumped with toxic chemicals.  After watching this you want to become a vegetarian or at least stick to local, organic, and sustainable food.

The film shows Barbara Kowalcyk, who had lost her son to eating a hamburger with E. coli, and she’s now dedicated her life to trying to make the food system safer. But when they asked her what she eats, she told them she couldn’t tell them because she would be sued if she answered.  Scary.

We learned about Roundup pesticide resistant soybean seed and their legal tactics.  There are already weeds resistant to this pesticide. No surprise!

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3. BBQ Grill Food Safely
4. Natural Dog Food – Natural Cat Food
5. Donating Food to the Hungry
6. Food Nutritional Scoring System – ONQI – NuVal
7. Sulfuryl Fluoride Fumigation and Food
8. Sustainable Seafood Guide

Posted on April 19th, 2010
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