Food, Inc.

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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:

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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The first 3.5 minutes of Food, Inc. can be seen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQVll-MP3I

For those interested in the book, which was released May 4th: http://www.amazon.com/Food-Inc-Parti...5375589&sr=8-1

Amazon says the movie's coming out Nov. 4, '09.

I ordered the book for my Kindle, as I'm almost done with the Omnivore's Dilemma. Curious to see what Food, Inc. has to add.

[LageNomAi]

I'm anxious to see this when it becomes available on Netflix. I'm so interested in this topic, although learning more often makes me angry at how terribly manipulated our food and food system is. I trust the Department of Agriculture about as far as I can throw a genetically modified, monster-sized pumpkin.

[AmandaGeil]

I've got to see this so I know what customers are going to be asking about...
(produce novice @ Whole Foods) I just moved to produce (for the reason of getting to know more about it for my lifestyle) and I'm sure I'll be bombarded. YIKES!

[SunnySmile501]

My neighbor, Joel Salatin, is featured in the documentary and the book "Omnivore's Dilemma." He is a hoot, whether you are watching his DVD or you are reading one of his several books. I am reading "Everything I Want to do is Illegal" right now, and he has me incensed and out of breath with laughter at the same time.

I frequently go to his farm and fall in and work. He has an "open door" policy to all. He hides nothing.

Joel Salatin & Food, Inc.
April 23, 2009 in Essays & Articles
Tags: joel salatin

April 23, 2009
The mainstream press is catching on:

By Joshua Hatch, USA TODAY
SWOOPE, Va. – The white metal sign over the desk at Polyface Farm reads, “Joel Salatin: Lunatic Farmer.”

Salatin is proud of that label. “I’m a third-generation lunatic,” he boasts while standing in his lush, green central Virginia fields. Brown chickens strut and peck around his feet. “I don’t do anything like average farmers do,” he says.

What the 52-year-old farmer does is let his cows feed on grass instead of corn or grain. He moves his cows to new fields daily. Flocks of chickens scratch around open fields, spreading cow droppings, eating flies and larvae, and laying eggs in the Salatin-built eggmobile. Hogs forage in the woods or in a pasture house where they root through cow manure, wood chips and corn. The resulting compost gets spread back over the fields, fertilizing the grass for the cattle. That completes the cycle.

“It’s completely counter to current agricultural wisdom,” he says. Current agricultural practices often encourage using technology – petroleum-based fertilizers, hormones and antibiotics – to spur growth and reduce costs as much as possible.

Salatin has become known for his unconventional ways. Highlighted in The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan’s 2006 exploration of what we choose to eat and how it is grown, and himself the author of six books on farming, Salatin spurns pesticides, antibiotics and fertilizers. “I’m honoring the traditional natural patterns. It’s about enhancing the cowness of the cow.”

Now the “lunatic” is about to come to the big screen in a documentary titled Food, Inc., directed by Robert Kenner. Due to open June 12 in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, the documentary takes a critical look at the American food system, contrasting industrial agribusiness with operations like Polyface.

Read the rest at this link Joel Salatin & Food, Inc. the irresistible fleet of bicycles

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Originally Posted by SunnySmile501

My neighbor, Joel Salatin, is featured in the documentary and the book "Omnivore's Dilemma." He is a hoot, whether you are watching his DVD or you are reading one of his several books. I am reading "Everything I Want to do is Illegal" right now, and he has me incensed and out of breath with laughter at the same time.

I frequently go to his farm and fall in and work. He has an "open door" policy to all. He hides nothing.

Very neat, Sunny...