Have you seen Food, Inc. yet? It’s absolutely worth seeing. It’s eye-opening, horrifying, and inspiring all at the same time. If you missed it when it was in theaters, don’t fret – you have another chance to see it on the big screen. Come for a screening of the film with a discussion to follow: Saturday, January 30th at 8 PM in the Alexander Twilight Theater at Lyndon State College.
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won’t go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.
Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma,In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield’s Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms’ Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.
See what is really happening in the food industry, and what you can do to protect yourself from the dangers of “cheap” food.
You can’t afford to miss seeing FOOD, INC. Co-sponsored by Northeast Organic Farmers’ Association (NOFA), Rural Vermont, Lyndon State College, Stonyfield Farm, and Organic Valley.
Agreed. I share this one with as many people as I can find who will put up with me pushing the dvd on them.
King Corn is another film that compliments Food, Inc. well. When it first came out it had a pretty small release and it was only in select theaters. I attempted to catch it here in Portland but the line wrapped around the theater! Had to wait a few years to get a version from the local library. I eventually bought my own copy to proselytize with.
Cheers,
Dave
My wife and I pushed were thankfully pushed into watching this just a week ago and it was an eye opener for us both. I spent the next half hour after the film having to restrain my normally calm rational wife from throwing all of our food into the garbage.