Everything You See is Made of Corn
Am I preaching to the choir when I say that everyone I know should go see the movie Food, Inc.? I think I’m preaching to something like an orchestra, made up of people that have heard the song but have something stuck between it and their bodies. If the instrument were made of corn and antibiotics, this would make more sense.
What I do know is that I’ve read The Omnivore’s Dilemma, I’ve lived on a CSA farm, I have a garden and I buy grains and keep them in jars and feel rather righteous about it. But Food, Inc. slapped me hard on my big grass-fed cheek and said “Don’t you dare forget how real this is! People working 14-hour-days in slaughterhouses, cows with their big kind eyes all piled on top of each other, ankle deep in shit, children with Type-2 diabetes because the Dollar Menu is cheaper than vegetables, new forms of e-coli prospering in corn-filled ruminants!”
… and more and more and more. Please go see this film, please be charmed by Joel Salatin’s suspenders, and please encourage the people you know to see it as well. In Albany, you even get a $5 co-op coupon, which makes the movie cost only $2.50 to see. Really, now.
August 2nd, 2009 at 8:48 am
I think you should check out King Corn, which came before Food, Inc and is less an Inc itself. In full disclosure, I do know the guys who made it, met them when we all lived in Iowa. Still.
August 2nd, 2009 at 2:05 pm
My question when I saw this a few months ago was whether the family with the diabetic father could qualify for food stamps, in which case they could have access to healthier food . I noticed that they weren’t named in the movie (unlike the other people profiled)and neither the website nor imdb turns up anything.