Food, Inc.

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I was watching "The Daily Show" with Joh Stewart a few nights back and he had an author on there (Kemmer, Kenner?) about his book-turned-documentary called "Food, Inc." about the industrialization and commercialization of farms and food. Briefly on the show, he talked about conditions for cattle and chickens as well as how food is now mass produced with little regard to nutrional value, how our system is not sustainable, etc...

Has anyone read the book or seen the doc (or plan on seeing it?) He mentioned it was in select theaters, probably meaning not the rural Midwest where many of the commercial farms are based. That probably rules a lot of us out for easy access.

Any thoughts?
 
Nope, haven't seen it and have no plans to. I'm sure it's like many of those other "documentaries". They take the worst of the worse and try and make it seem like that's how it all is.
 
I havent' read this book but I am very interested in books on factory farming. I became a vegetarian after reading "Harvest for Hope" by Jane Goodall. I will have to check it out.
 
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All the more reason to gather all the information that you can so that you can make an informed decision. Find some information that shows the good side of factory farming - I would love to see it.
 
I ordered the book and it arrived today. I haven't read it yet but it looks interesting. As Katy mentioned above, I'm sure it only tells one side of the story--it is unabashedly anti-industrial food, after all. But in my opinion, the more people know about what's wrong with the food industry as it is, the better equipped we can be as voters, buyers, etc. to help make it better. (And there is a lot of room for improvement....)

The book is edited by Karl Weber, and it is a collection of essays by people such as Robert Kenner (the director of the film, and perhaps the person michickenwrangler saw on TV?), Joel Salatin, Michael Pollan, and more. You can find the website about the movie via Google, and the book is on Amazon.
 
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All the more reason to gather all the information that you can so that you can make an informed decision. Find some information that shows the good side of factory farming - I would love to see it.

My point is that not all food is produced how most of those films/shows would have you believe. I'm directly involved with agriculture...that's how we make our living and I get tired of certain groups trying to make us all out to be evil people who don't treat their animals well. I know very well there are things that go on that shouldn't, but that is not all of us.
 

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