Hi folks.
I haven’t posted anything in ages cause well, I’m a lazy blogger. I’ll spare you the excuses about how busy I could be or some such. I just finished watching something that is well worth posting about though. If you haven’t watched the horror-documentary that is Food, Inc., I implore you to track it down and watch it soon.
The horrors presented in this film are, sadly, not shocking, but I was still repeatedly caught off guard by how bad things are. There are many aspects where our food system has actually regressed in this overarching quest for efficiencies (both monetary and production capacity). Both workers and animals are increasingly treated worse, the food that is produced is more dangerous, but this is all largely ignored because many of the folks in regulatory positions come from the very industry they’re supposed to regulate. This doco has some surprising tidbits and is a real eye-opener on the production of food in the U.S. and the ramifications of our system on ourselves as well as on the world stage. It wraps up on a sorta feel-good note about how as consumers we can vote with our wallets and press for regulatory change. I’m not sure how much faith I have in that option, and this film really encourages a person to look at the possible ways to change how we acquire food for our family.
