There’s no need to buy tickets on Fandango. You aren’t going to be peering in the dark theater to try to find an empty seat. You certainly aren’t going to be elbowing anyone out at the popcorn stand. Though Food, Inc. isn’t breaking any box office records, it’s one of those movies that every American has to see.
Filmmaker Robert Kenner’s documentary, Food, Inc., exposes the truth behind the American food industry, shedding light on the iron fist control of just a handful of corporations, who are deeply intertwined with our government’s regulatory agencies, the USDA and FDA. Because these corporations value profit more than your health, we have “perfect” foods, such as giant chicken breasts, herbicide-proof soybeans seeds and hamburger meat that has been soaked in ammonia as protection against dangerous strains of E. coli.
The primary message the movie has for consumers is to know where your food comes from and use your purchases to have a voice. The film urges us to buy organic, locally grown produce, meat and dairy, and by doing so, effect change. Stores like Walmart, Safeway and Kroger have not only begun stocking more organic, local products on their shelves, but have even begun producing their own organic lines because their customers are demanding it.
So when you are at the Cineplex this weekend, maybe skip Bruno and the 5 gallon tub of popcorn and feed your body and mind some Food, Inc. instead. Consider it research for your next trip to the grocery store. Check out the trailer below:
it sounds like soaking meat in ammonia is a good thing if it gets rid of dangerous strains of e.coli, no? making “corporate” foodmakers a safer choice than organic? or are the effects from ammonia worse than e.coli?
just some thoughts
Kari, organic meat is highly unlikely to contain E. coli due to the animals being grass vs. corn fed, and also due to small scale butchering and processing as opposed to unsanitary factory farms. Organic meat is a much healthier choice than potentially ammonia-infused large factory meat products, or there is always the option of avoiding meat altogether.
kari – you need to see this movie if you really believe that!!!
Great review Sarah – I agree with you 100%. Excellent movie that everyone should see.
omg sarah–awesome review!! i just saw it last night in the hamptons with my fellow farmers, and we all agree it is a must-see!!! I told everyone i was with that it should be a LAW to make all middle schoolers see it, i’d say around 7th grade. that way, as children start making their own decisions around that age, they will be informed and ready to start a revolution. that movie was so empowering, it just made me so sad to see the mother of Kevin (advocate of kevin’s law) without enough freedom & liberty to even tell the cameraman how her eating habits changed since she lost her son to E. Coli. Our country’s food industry is so *&#*#&%d up.
Rock on, Matheny. Local first, Organic second. Love love love!
bravo sarah~loved your thoughts on the documentary. and i agree, EVERYONE should see it.
I agree with Sarah’s suggestion to stop eating meat all together – or at least trying to cut a little out of your daily diet. As surprising as it might sound, it’s actually better for the environment to cut meat out of your diet than it is to switch from an SUV to a Prius. Even just cutting meat from one meal a week helps.