NYT:
It was particularly unnerving to see leftover animal bits washed over with ammonia and ground into "hamburger filler." If you happen to be eating a hamburger as you read this, I apologize.
Katherine Goldstein: Food, Inc.: HuffPost Bloggers Weigh In (Video)
Do you happen to eat food? Then this movie's for you. Check out what HuffPost bloggers are saying about the film, and watch the trailer.
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My grandmother used to have to put fresh cow's milk into bottles for one of the kids. I think Nicholas Kristof is just eat up with good sense, and I never had to make myself keep reading to get through one of his columns.
We have a government with two parties who don't care about the people who elected them. They only care about getting more campaign donations from corporations. As long as this corrupt system stands, we will continue to have low quality food that makes us sick, as well as other huge problems.
Why doesn't somebody do a documentary 'exposing' Big Environment Inc.
or 'Alternative energy Inc' or 'Public Transport inc.'?
Food, auto, oil, gas companies provide people with freedom to make their own choices-
as the free market determines- they are not trying to ban anything. If you have
an alternative that makes economic sense and people like it for whatever reason - ideological or practical- go for it- compete , you don't have to force it down anyones throat.
But all these 'green' scams use political brute force to try to remove their competitors or divert their profits to themselves through tax-, and legally force people and their money to do it their way.
And this is all 'for the good of the planet'- yeah right, how gullable can you get!?
Instead of Soybeans..
By Sally Fallon
With new concerns about soy foods emerging daily--from soy oil used for partially hydrogenated margarines and shortenings to soy protein used for baby formula and substitute foods--and with soybean prices declining, farmers are seeking new cash crops. Hemp and kenaf have emerged as good candidates to fill the void. Both crops provide fibrous material that can be used for a variety of industrial purposes, such as paper, rope, cloth and construction materials.
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Going veg does make you look younger!
If everyone supplemented their food supply with even a few potted vegetable plants it would start folks thinking about their food more. Eating good food is addictive.
You wonder why young people look 40 at 20 these days ? Check out the flick.
Funny, in my parts, the 40 year olds look 20. Then again, everyone in my hippie neighborhood does yoga and eats organic.
I'm not convinced that "healthy" foods cost more than "unhealthy" foods. It is true that on a calorie-by-calorie comparison, the Twinkies are cheaper than broccoli. But a box of Twinkies is, what?, $3-$4, and a head of broccoli is $1.59. The broccoli is more dense (fiber+water) and filling, thereby feeding more.
I've always found the more expensive things to be the boxed/bagged "unhealthy" options. A $3 bag of chips won't last me as long as $2 bag of baby carrots.
I remember having a conversation with a friend and I tried to explain to her that the reason poor people suffer from poorer health than their richer counterparts is directly tied to the fact that poor people cannot AFFORD to eat healthier, more nutritious foods. She could not understand it. She failed to understand that cheap fast food will eventually make you sick. And that cheap food in the supermarket is UNHEALTHY.
I'm afraid if I drag her to see this movie, she may actually have a heart attack in the theatre.
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Healthy food choices may cost more, but healthy eating makes for healthy people. The opposite is also true. Cheap, unhealthy food leads to unhealthy people.
So, either you spend a little more on food now, or you spend a lot more on health care later.
Or we could stop the agriculture subsidy structure that artificially lowers the cost of corn and soy based foods and distorts decision making from all angles. Stop using taxpayer money to make us sick!
People and livestock would be MUCH healthier if we took corn and soy byproducts out of our meals. One blocks your thyroid, the other makes you gain weight.
Most important point of this: healthy choices cost more.
Point not made: healthy choices also involve more labor on the part of the eater. This is important because of the groups it impacts most: children, low income, disabled.
Every day, in every way, I am gladder and gladder that I'm a vegetarian.
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First Posted: 06-23-09 11:30 AM | Updated: 07-24-09 05:12 AM