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Food, inc.
« on: January 24, 2012, 06:21:20 PM »
I just finished watching the movie Food_Inc. as a Netflix instant play.
It's a documentary about the American food distribution industry, consolidation of interests, and Corporate dealings with the quality of food available in the US, and to a lesser extent the world.
It's exactly not a happy, feel good film.  But, if you do any eating, it is probably something you ought to see, even if it is a bit depressing.
I don't see how it can't be yet another example of corporate greed and government run amok.  As well as something you cannot avoid being a part of, whether you like it or not.

I'll definitely be restoring and restarting my Veg garden in the coming months....

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Food_Inc./70108783?trkid=496624

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Re: Food, inc.
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2012, 06:29:27 PM »
Yep. Corporations own your food.  And they get a tax break for doing it... >:(
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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2012, 07:55:21 PM »
The USDA is a disgrace and they have done nothing to enforce the existing laws within the US and less than nothing to ensure the safety of offshore products.
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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2012, 08:34:05 PM »
it's pretty disgusting.i had to go on a strict diet it's amazing how the good food is very exspensive and the crap is basicly a dime a dozen.food inc really gets you thinking it's a show everyone should watch.there are some others like it on netflix.you might want to check out
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Re: Food, inc.
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2012, 05:17:44 AM »
That's one of the reason to garden, I know it'going to be mild here in the next few days so more carrots out of the garden and god are they good.
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« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2012, 09:14:30 AM »
Think globally, act locally when you can.
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Re: Food, inc.
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2012, 12:39:08 PM »
watch king corn next.....


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Re: Food, inc.
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2012, 02:24:41 PM »
Why waste corn on food when you can use it to make ethanol.  :o

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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2012, 03:21:52 PM »
Why waste corn on ethanol when you can use it to make alcohol.   ???

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« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2012, 05:25:24 PM »
Why waste corn on ethanol when you can use it to make alcohol.   ???

Moonshine I heard it is yummy.

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Re: Food, inc.
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2012, 06:15:49 PM »
Why waste corn on ethanol when you can use it to make alcohol.   ???
Um, are you aware that ethanol IS alcohol?
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Re: Food, inc.
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2012, 11:09:39 PM »
     We do virtually all our shopping at the Wedge Co-op here in Minneapolis and the local farmers market.  Locally sourced where possible and organic whenever possible, and they make a big effort to source their products from fair trade, free range, non factory farm situations.  We never eat at fast food places or shop at the big chain grocery stores.  The fish we eat we catch ourselves or get it from friends or family members who do much more fishing than me.   I am sure we pay more for food than typical.
   My wife's family was in the commercial egg and chicken production until about 5 years ago......you don't want to know. :P
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Re: Food, inc.
« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2012, 01:53:47 AM »
My flat of broccholi is planted from seed this week.  Might be a bit late, last years seeds, we'll see how it comes.  No doubt there is a cold bomb on the way. It has to go somewhere.  Central US can get it, if it's cold enough and then rains,  inch thick or more ice brings down branches, whole trees, etc.  I saw a blue spruce tree smash two new dealer tagged cars all the way to the ground.   One ice storm  slightly west of here sold out every generator in the state.  Barbed wire fences had ice accumulated to the diameter of coke cans.

Weeds in the lawn are doing fine, mild winter, brown grass, scraped them off and dug them up yesterday.  I have one fennel plant that survived drought and the hottest summer on record and it looks great right now in the middle of winter.

Who knows if climate change is or is not real or caused by US and the rest of the fossile fuel world, but the genetic bottlenecks created by bioengineering and monoculture teeaking  is probably going to have trouble keeping up with mother nature, but I figure keep after growing things that I can realisticly grow, always  being an optomist instead of a doomster.
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« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2012, 09:15:45 AM »
Careful TT you watch too many of those documentaries you might want to do yourself in! They are a sad but true condition of our current state of "being". Try watching The Smartest Guys in the Room about the whole Enron fiasco. Or Sicko, about the sad state of healthcare in our country. They really get your blood pressure up about something you can't do a damn thing about and apparently nobody else can or does either.
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Food, inc.
« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2012, 01:24:11 PM »
They should take all that nasty corn ethanol, store it away in chared oak barrels for 6 or 10 or 12 or 30 years, then put it in smaller bottles, say 5 to a gallon, then give it to us for proper disposal!!
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