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Old June 18th, 2009, 08:28 PM
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Default Food, Inc.

Thought some of you might want to put this movie in your Netflix queue or rent it when it comes out (not sure when it's coming out).

Given the interest here in the books on the American way of eating, etc., this looks really good:

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Food, Inc.(200 NRDrawing on Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation and Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma, director Robert Kenner's documentary explores the food industry's detrimental effects on our health and environment. Kenner spotlights the men and women who are working to reform an industry rife with monopolies, questionable interpretations of laws and subsidies, political ties and rising rates of E. coli outbreaks.

Here is Roger Ebert's review of it: Food, Inc. :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews
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