Food, Inc.

[Lady Henevere]

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Hahaha -- we're back to converting lawns (and freeway medians) to food. I think we got it all figured out.

Now if I could just convince my DH that we really do need a wheat field. Just a small one....

 

[Davaroo]

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Hahaha -- we're back to converting lawns (and freeway medians) to food. I think we got it all figured out.

Now if I could just convince my DH that we really do need a wheat field. Just a small one....

I guess we are. I think I'm gonna unsubscribe from this. I don't think I'm adding anything of value (if I ever did), since I'm more with the 'wicked AgriBiz' food producers than against them.
Some of my friends and neighbors feed their families, raise their children and pay their taxes on the proceeds of contract meat chicken production. I'm not yet convinced they are horrid people for doing so.

I'll now get my coat and duck out. Ya'll be good!

 

[Buster52]

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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.

 

[Buster52]

It's really very simple. Once you get to the point where the bottom line is the only important thing, then doing what is best for all goes out the window. It isn't that Tyson is evil. It is that Tyson's business is not making chicken, but making money.

Me, I prefer to eat chicken.

I am really looking forward to seeing this film. It is precisely because of unsustainable stuff like this that I bought my little farm, started a garden, and have started raising chickens and turkeys, soon to start a rabbit colony. The animals I eat will be healthy ones, and will have lived happy lives.

ETA, if you are interested in this sort of thing, the books The Omnivore's Dilemma and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle are wonderful and cover this topic very well.

 

[Buster52]

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If it is not in theaters yet it won't be available on Netflix, I don't think.

It is due out on DVD in September.

But this is one I have to own for myself. My heroes Michael Pollan and Joel Salatin are both in it.

 

[Brunty_Farms]

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The movie is not like this at all. Not biased just shows really what is going on in the industry. Facts with real stories.... in fact I wish they would have slammed the industry more and show more alternatives for people. But legally there is a fine line when making a movie like this.

Reguardless... it is a must see.

 

[Brunty_Farms]

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Robert Kenner! That's who it was.

For the debate about what farmer does what, it all depends. Where I live, there is a lot of dairying. A few miles south of town is a large farm where the cows graze on idyllic pastures and the milk is sold to Horizon as organic. A few miles north of town there is another one where the cows are in a small lot in mud and manure all day long. A friend of mine lives on a dairy farm where the cows graze on HUGE pastures but for some reason the milk is not certified as organic. It get solds to a dairy in Bay City for just regular milk products. But they have happy cows nonetheless. I've been there and if I knew all dairy farms were like that, I would gladly drink cheap milk.

They showed a short clip of "Food, Inc." on the Daily Show of a farmer (I think in Iowa or Missouri) who spent $400,000 to avoid a take over from Mazola and still lost.

This is the whole point of the movie... there is plenty of money going around to make the cows and other animals "happy" Let the chickens have natural light and air flow.... let the cows graze.... put one less bird in the battery cages.... things like this need to be in consideration. Factory farming will always be there... but it needs to be more human none the less.

 

[Rillion]

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This was the first I'd heard of Joel Salatin. Where did you find out about him?

 

[Brunty_Farms]

He is all over... he inovated pasture based farming.

He has written plenty of books which are awesome....

Goole Joel Salatin... and see what you get.

 

[Brunty_Farms]

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Of course, otherwise why bother?
No one goes to the trouble to write and make documentaries unless they are trying to sell a single minded point of view. It may be "well intended," it probably strikes an emotional chord and may even be seen as noble.
But bottom line is, someone wants to make a point. I would imagine there is also some profit to be made, somewhere along the line.
Meaning this is nothing new. The same points about sustainable agriculture and evil factory farming have have kept The Mother Earth News in print for over three decades...

Wow, a complete summary and condemnation of a movie you haven't actually seen. And that's the first time I've ever heard someone denounce the very idea of wanting to make a point about something. Maybe they have a good point, and you wouldn't even know.

They do make a good point and try to show all sides of the story. It's funny how the big companies will hide from the truth. If these companies are doing things sustainable or even somewhat sustainable than why don't they come out and talk to us about it? It's actually sad to see people just brush the movie off due to some bad experiences.