Food, Inc

[Guest guest]

Trish,

 

How graphic is the depiction of the brutality toward animals? I want

to see it, but I've always been very disturbed by graphic images of

animal abuse/brutality and if it's what I think it is in this

documentary, I'm not sure it's a good idea for me - but thought I'd

ask someone that saw it!

 

 

Missie Harhold

and Gracie the Ibizan Hound

and Jeanie the Greyhound

greyhounddog

 

 

 

" Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to a man. Just as one

wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not to

die, so do other creatures. "

 

-Dalai Lama of Tibet, His Holiness, The XIV

[Guest guest]

Thanks Trish! I have only heard of that movie. Would you advise people to go see it? Rocky.--- On Sat, 6/20/09, bantrymoon <bantrymoon wrote:

bantrymoon <bantrymoon Food, Inc Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 1:25 PM

 

 

We just saw the documentary "Food, Inc." last night. It's a frank look at the industrialization of food in the US. What an eye opener!It dealt with animal agriculture a great deal, showing how brutal industrial farming practices are. It also dealt with corn and soy agriculture, especially Monsanto's GMO soybeans and their relentless persecution of farmers who save seed.It didn't, unfortunately, deal with vegetarianism at all, and the hero of the film was a livestock farmer who uses traditional farming methods. Obviously, a great deal of environmental harm would be eliminated if a plant based diet was more common. Still, it was worth seeing.I think what bothered me most was how cozily in bed the US government is with agribusiness. The fox is guarding the henhouse, and the soybean fields as well!Trish

[Guest guest]

>>>> How graphic is the depiction of the brutality toward animals? I

want to see it, but I've always been very disturbed by graphic images of

animal abuse/brutality <<<<

 

I feel the same way, and I was concerned about seeing this film because

of it. It does show some scenes of brutality, though not quite as much

as a PETA video. For what it's worth, you can see those scenes coming,

so you can look away when you need to.

 

I do think it's worth seeing, in spite of that. There is a lot to learn

from this film. I've gotta say it's far from perfect, but if half of

what it shows about the perfidious relationships between government and

industry is accurate, we need to know about it.

 

Several years ago, my partner and I traveled to Munich. He wanted to see

the concentration camp at Dachau. At first, I decided against going with

him, because of course I understood what a horror the Holocaust was. Why

see the site of torture and death? But I changed my mind, and afterwards

I was glad I went. It hit me in the gut, but that was a stronger lesson

than just having knowledge of it. Seeing a film like Food, Inc. gave me

more insight than I would have gained otherwise.

 

Trish

[Guest guest]

i went to dachua in 94-95.......

got really freaked out by the guy taking a picture of his son by the bunk beds of the inmates..

bantrymoon Jun 21, 2009 5:11 PM Re: Food, Inc

 

 

 

>>>> How graphic is the depiction of the brutality toward animals? I want to see it, but I've always been very disturbed by graphic images of animal abuse/brutality <<<<I feel the same way, and I was concerned about seeing this film because of it. It does show some scenes of brutality, though not quite as much as a PETA video. For what it's worth, you can see those scenes coming, so you can look away when you need to.I do think it's worth seeing, in spite of that. There is a lot to learn from this film. I've gotta say it's far from perfect, but if half of what it shows about the perfidious relationships between government and industry is accurate, we need to know about it.Several years ago, my partner and I traveled to Munich. He wanted to see the concentration camp at Dachau. At first, I decided against going with him, because of course I understood what a horror the Holocaust was. Why see the site of torture and death? But I changed my mind, and afterwards I was glad I went. It hit me in the gut, but that was a stronger lesson than just having knowledge of it. Seeing a film like Food, Inc. gave me more insight than I would have gained otherwise.Trish

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, men are scattered and smeared over the desert grass,

And the generals have accomplished nothing.

 

-Nefarious War

Li Po (Circa 750)

[Guest guest]

Thanks Trish! I will suck it up and go see it. I am interested and I

agree that it's important to learn. I'm still new to vegan-ism

(stopped eating meat in December of last year, decided I was sick of

being part of the problem and stopped eating animal products, period,

about 6 weeks ago and have never felt better) and still get the rare

craving. I am easily able to avoid caving in by reminding myself WHY

I don't choose to eat that anymore. This movie would probably help

reinforce that and it would give me more knowledge for when friends

and family ask me why I don't eat anything that comes from animals.

 

 

That said, there is a movie out in very limited release called, " The

End of the Line. " It's about the over-fishing of our oceans and the

collapsing fish stocks in them. It played at Sundance (U.S.) and I

believe it won an award or something. It looks great and I'm hoping

it will be released near me (I'm near Detroit, Michigan, USA) - if

anyone is interested, though, it may be worth checking out.

 

 

Missie Harhold

and Gracie the Ibizan Hound

and Jeanie the Greyhound

greyhounddog

 

 

 

" Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to a man. Just as one

wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not to

die, so do other creatures. "

 

-Dalai Lama of Tibet, His Holiness, The XIV

[Guest guest]

I think it's important that these types of film be made. Even if they don't

outright support a plant based diet they set the ball in motion for people to

start to take a look at the issues. People are not thoughtless and cruel. They

are just mis-informed about so many things.

 

I have faith that if the buzz gets going they will begin to demand better

solutions from agriculture and the government. More media coverage and

documentaries can only futher the movement. I can't wait to view this film but I

will probably cover my eyes at the brutal points because my heart breaks for the

animals.

[Guest guest]

>>>> That said, there is a movie out in very limited release called,

" The End of the Line. " It's about the over-fishing of our oceans and the

collapsing fish stocks in them. It played at Sundance (U.S.) and I

believe it won an award or something. It looks great and I'm hoping it

will be released near me (I'm near Detroit, Michigan, USA) - if anyone

is interested, though, it may be worth checking out. <<<<

 

I'll look for it. Portland is such a film town that it's bound to show

up sometime. Thanks for the heads up.

 

Cheers,

 

Trish

[Guest guest]

the closest screening to you is going to be Seattle

the website says to contact local theaters and to bug them about the film series.

bantrymoon Jun 22, 2009 9:15 AM Re: Food, Inc

 

 

 

>>>> That said, there is a movie out in very limited release called, "The End of the Line." It's about the over-fishing of our oceans and the collapsing fish stocks in them. It played at Sundance (U.S.) and I believe it won an award or something. It looks great and I'm hoping it will be released near me (I'm near Detroit, Michigan, USA) - if anyone is interested, though, it may be worth checking out. <<<<I'll look for it. Portland is such a film town that it's bound to show up sometime. Thanks for the heads up.Cheers,Trish

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, men are scattered and smeared over the desert grass,

And the generals have accomplished nothing.

 

-Nefarious War

Li Po (Circa 750)

[Guest guest]

I still haven't seen it.  However, last night I was eating with a vegan friend of mine and he said two of his meat-eating friends saw the movie last week.  They haven't eaten meat since!I already know I'll be frustrated at the lack of vegetarian discussion in the movie.  Another person at the dinner last night compared it to Al Gore's " An Inconvenient Truth " totally ignoring the veg message.  However, it sounds like Food, Inc has some real value. 

Last night's dinner was at Merit Vegetarian in Sunnyvale.  Chris and Tammy and everyone else:  You were right.  YUM!!   Alex