Guest guest Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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