Food, Inc.

topic posted Sun, July 5, 2009 - 10:46 PM by 
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Anyone seen it yet? I'm planning to...just have to be in the right mood. I'm a bit leery of potentially one-sided films (ala Michael Moore...though I usually am on his side, I don't always like his tactics), but I read that they filmmakers here did try to get interviews from Monsanto and Tyson, etc., so I'm more inclined to think it's fair. Thoughts?

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  • Re: Food, Inc.

    Mon, July 6, 2009 - 7:29 AM
    I haven't seen it yet, nor heard about it. Will they bring up vegan issues at all, do you think?
    • Re: Food, Inc.

      Mon, July 6, 2009 - 7:31 AM
      Oh, I'm sure that they willl! Here are the issues addressed in the film:

      www.foodincmovie.com/about-t...sues.php

      It's playing at the Elmwood and the Embarcardo theaters right now. Maybe you wanna go see it with me, Christie!?
      • Re: Food, Inc.

        Mon, July 6, 2009 - 7:45 AM
        Yes, maybe I would! The Elmwood theater is more convenient to me. Finding a time in the next couple of weeks might be difficult for me is the only thing. Friday late afternoon or evening or Sunday early afternoon (maybe) are the only time slots I have open. Maybe Monday evening, too, would work.

        It looks to me like the issues deal with other problems with the food industry other than meat versus no meat for the most part. Those issues are pertinent to most vegan store bought food, too.
  • Re: Food, Inc.

    Tue, July 14, 2009 - 12:42 PM
    We saw the movie last night. It is worth seeing. While it doesn't look at the food industry with vegans in mind, and is hard to watch if you don't like to see animal suffering, one will learn something from it.

    I'd especially recommend it to people who do eat meat, I'm sure most of us here know people like that still.

    It goes into how nearly all food grown in this country is now controlled by just a few companies, those that developed into what they are now because of Americans fondness for fast food restaurants. It exposes how corrupt the meat factories are, always looking for a higher profit margin at the expense of the farmer, the workers and the public who eats the food.

    The movie also talks about the problems with Monsanto taking over the soybean and corn production in this country. They are acing out the farmers who still grow soybeans that aren't Monsanto's strain. They sue the farmers who are collecting seed, and those who's business it is to clean the saved seed, even if it's not Monsanto's soybeans. It's a wicked world, the one we have right now with Monsanto and the FDA in it. To better understand what's going on, see this movie!
    • Re: Food, Inc.

      Tue, July 14, 2009 - 1:22 PM
      Yeah, I'm still mulling all of that Monsanto stuff over in my mind. I was a Trader Joe's this morning, and thought about getting a soy-chorizo burrito, but it didn't identify the source of the soy, so I didn't. This is going to make things hard <lol>.

      I'm glad that I saw the film, though. I was surprised to find that, as much as I read about food, there were things that I hadn't read about. So I did come out more informed than when I went in, and that's great.

      Plus, I had a lovely veggie dinner with Christie, and a good film debrief over tea afterward...it was a very nice way to spend an evening. Thanks, you!

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