Robert Kenner, Director Of "Food Inc," On The "Daily Show" (VIDEO)

Robert Kenner appeared on the "Daily Show" last night to talk about his new film "Food Inc." and how cheap food is going to bankrupt us as a country. He told Stewart that government subsidies are causing severe health problems in America and that our production systems are anything but sustainable.


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[HollyH]

What an excellent movie. Every person that cares about what food goes in their body should see it. I hate the dark side of corporate America. They are a bunch of greedy pigs.

[BannedNBoston]

What MEGA FOOD has pushed on us in the name of being POLITICALLY CORRECT;
Soy and the BrainJohn MacArthur discusses the effects of soy on the brain. ... tofu during midlife had up to 2.4 times the risk of later developing Alzheimer’s ...

www.westonaprice.org/soy/soyandbrain.html
Tragedy and Hype: The Third International Soy Symposium... in late life and a greater incidence of Alzheimers and ... al, "Meta-analysis of the Effects of Soy Protein Intake on Serum Lipids," New England Journal of Medicine ...

www.westonaprice.org/soy/tragedy.html

[jpayne30]

go to www.localharvest.org to find a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and Farmers Markets with great, slow grown, local food near you.

[easarsfield]

Really good piece by Mark Bittman (NY Times food critic) on what is wrong with what we eat.

too much meat, too few plants and how it is endangering the planet and our health. He points out some very interesting data on the benefits of everyone cutting some meat out of their diet. BTW - Mark is NOT a vegetarian.

http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_bittman_on_what_s_wrong_with_what_we_eat.html

[10000Lakes]

So W@lmart took the growth hormone out of their milk, huh? Here's a better idea - don't drink milk at all. Far from being a health food, it is a disease promoting food. Just think of all the money you will save too by drinking tap water. If you are afraid of your water, buy a faucet filter. Really, grown adults drinking cow lactation is pretty disgusting.

Otherwise, good segment and Kenner does a good job speaking his piece.

[VoteOnPaper]

Good call!

[LCM1220]

It is amazing that no other mammal on the face of the earth drinks milk after they are weaned from their mother. There must be a good reason, or nature wouldn't intend milk to dry up after a limited amount of time. Really think about that.

[Wadayatink]

Based on this logic we as humans should also stop a bunch of other habits: farming, cooking, inventing...

How about wiping after going to the bathroom? Other mammals use their tongues should we do that as well? Hey elephants eat each others feces to avoid illness, maybe this can be our new health care system...

[gbrooks]

Sorry, you'll have to pry my yogurt, cheese and ice cream from my cold, dead hands.

[gulopartisan]

This is a bit like the misguided notion that dogs need to just eat meat, because that's what wolves do. Dogs have evolved into omnivores, just has humans have evolved to take advantage of milk as a food source. As with most foods, the larger problem is not what we eat, but how much.

[SoClearToMe]

I found this segment, while not exciting, quite interesting, and I watched it again the next day.

I resolved to try to eat less processed foods and to actually cook more, not just prepare prepackaged stuff. I looked at my kids' pop tart and thought (gee what took me so long?), "Is this really food? What food group is this?"

[StopGlobalWarmingBeVegan]

The future is vegan, nobody would eat burnt dead carcasses like vultures.

[clearthinker2008]

No, the future is not vegan. Personally I'm glad about that because I love me some meat. I prefer it grassfed and organic, but that's just me. But I give vegan's credit for keep trying to convince everyone else to become vegans. Very persistent and often annoying people.

[frantaylor]

Your bad habit would cost you big $$$ if we were not subsidizing it for you.

I for one am tired of you freeloaders, eating high on the hog, paid for with our tax dollars.

[gbrooks]

Ahh, another ALF individual who can't grasp the reality of how the world works, even without industrialized farming.

Every human culture has hunted to survive and flourish, it will not go away, ever.

[thrugreeneyez]

Go veg!! Good for your health, good for the earth, kind to animals, and good for the soul!

[clearthinker2008]

No, the future is not vegan. Personally I'm glad about that because I love me some meat. I prefer it grassfed and organic, but that's just me. But I give vegan's credit for keep trying to convince everyone else to become vegans. Very persistent and often annoying people.

grassfed beef is good for my soul.

[easarsfield]

there's a difference between vegetarians and vegans genius.

[ChaiKat]

We heard you the first time.

[boredwell]

Paul Erlich's 1968 book, The Population Bomb, predicted 1 billion people would either starve or be malnourished by the 1980's in spite of current food production programs. Robert Kenner is asking us to question our collective acquiescence to a system, based on faster, cheaper and more plentiful, that is counter intuitive and will do more harm than good. But the cycle is predicated on consumer greed and the suppliers' profit. These are habits more difficult to change let alone break.

[ConservativeHippie]

It sounds like an interesting movie. I live 50 miles from the nearest theater so it's highly unlikely that I will see it.
We have sit by as the corporations have taken over almost every aspect of our lives. It's past time to cut the cord. Take back our food supply. Support local farmers!

[Roguer]

ditto

[StopGlobalWarmingBeVegan]

The solution is for the world to be veg.

[superjules]

Eat Bacon!

[VoteOnPaper]

Yup. I had some mind-blowingly delicious vegan bacon.

[clearthinker2008]

No, the solution for your world is to be veg.

Personally I'm glad about that because I love me some meat. I prefer it grassfed and organic, but that's just me. But I give vegan's credit for keep trying to convince everyone else to become vegans. Very persistent and often annoying people.

[ChaiKat]

How many times are you going to post the same thing?

[CulinaryHatchet]

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[000Jade000]

Going to see the film tonight. I'm a little scared! I do know a lot about the food industry, but there's a lot that I don't know.

Here's a trailer of the doc. for people who haven't seen it yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKYyD14d_0

And another clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqQVll-MP3I

[damasview]

I've been meaning to start a garden. This movie is a definite must watch & just the thing to get me motivated on that garden. Saving money doesn't hurt either!