Film – Robert Kenner’s ‘Food, Inc.’ – The Perils of Mass-Producing What People Eat – NYTimes.com
Excited to see this film. Wonder when it opens in Seattle?
“Food, Inc.” begins with images of a bright, bulging American supermarket, and then moves to the jammed chicken houses, grim meat-cutting rooms and chemical-laced cornfields where much of the American diet comes from. Along the way Mr. Kenner attempts to expose the hidden costs of a system in which fast-food hamburgers cost $1 and soda is cheaper than milk.
“The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than the previous 10,000,” Michael Pollan says as the film opens.
via Film – Robert Kenner’s ‘Food, Inc.’ – The Perils of Mass-Producing What People Eat – NYTimes.com.
Seems to me like a dozen things are converging and this is going to be a lot more accepted today than it would’ve been 2 or 5 years ago.
June 8th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
I saw the screening of this back in April…I think a lot of the information provided was somewhat common knowledge amongst those interested in the slow food movement, those actively against GMOs, and probably a lot of vegans and vegetarians, but it was apparent that it was truly eye opening to a lot of the folks in the audience (who are probably more representative of the typical American eater than your everyday Seattleite). I heard more than one person say, “I’m never going to eat a McDonald’s cheeseburger again” and “I can’t believe what bullies Monsanto Corporation are!” My companion was visibly disturbed and almost ill afterwards.
A film coming up next week that you might be interested in http://tinyurl.com/nodyp6