Comments on: Food, Inc. http://www.moviezeal.com/food-inc/ The official podcast of MovieZeal.com, where film is always best discussed under the gentle influence of fine wine (as fine as $10 will get you). Each week Evan, Heather, and Luke pick a theme, discuss a theatrical release based on that theme, pop the cork and drink a wine that fits said theme, and finally subject one another to The Gauntlet, where forcing others to watch painful films nets you fabulous prizes. There is not anything else on the internets like it (literally). Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:36:28 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Kerrie Omoyosi http://www.moviezeal.com/food-inc/comment-page-1/#comment-547381 Kerrie Omoyosi Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:03:43 +0000 http://www.moviezeal.com/?p=2517#comment-547381 Good article over again Thank you Good article over again Thank you

]]> By: Fallon Oakden http://www.moviezeal.com/food-inc/comment-page-1/#comment-483106 Fallon Oakden Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:02:27 +0000 http://www.moviezeal.com/?p=2517#comment-483106 I just stumbled on this post and have been reading along. I was thinking I'd drop my first comment since it really caught my interests. I will check back here frequently to check for brand new articles and other content. I just stumbled on this post and have been reading along. I was thinking I’d drop my first comment since it really caught my interests. I will check back here frequently to check for brand new articles and other content.

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]]> By: Laura http://www.moviezeal.com/food-inc/comment-page-1/#comment-168166 Laura Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:28:11 +0000 http://www.moviezeal.com/?p=2517#comment-168166 I was conflicted, too. Here's something I wrote for my blog: http://thefarmingjournalist.com/?p=515 I was conflicted, too. Here’s something I wrote for my blog:

http://thefarmingjournalist.com/?p=515

]]> By: Luke Harrington http://www.moviezeal.com/food-inc/comment-page-1/#comment-95580 Luke Harrington Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:18:30 +0000 http://www.moviezeal.com/?p=2517#comment-95580 Thanks, Sam. :) The picture layout is mostly serendipity, though...I just did a Google Image Search and found a lot of really big, beautiful screen shots. I got lucky. I used to love a good double cheeseburger, but I've found in the last few years that my body doesn't really handle red meat all that well. Whether that's because of my veggie days, or it has something to do with poor meat quality, or it's just the result of getting old(er) I don't know. I definitely still believe, though, that the American concept of "meal = huge steak + a couple tiny sides" is neither a healthy or a sustainable one (and it also reeks of cultural imperialism). I still try to minimize meat in my cooking. Thanks, Sam. :) The picture layout is mostly serendipity, though…I just did a Google Image Search and found a lot of really big, beautiful screen shots. I got lucky.

I used to love a good double cheeseburger, but I’ve found in the last few years that my body doesn’t really handle red meat all that well. Whether that’s because of my veggie days, or it has something to do with poor meat quality, or it’s just the result of getting old(er) I don’t know. I definitely still believe, though, that the American concept of “meal = huge steak + a couple tiny sides” is neither a healthy or a sustainable one (and it also reeks of cultural imperialism). I still try to minimize meat in my cooking.

]]> By: Sam Juliano http://www.moviezeal.com/food-inc/comment-page-1/#comment-95148 Sam Juliano Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:21:35 +0000 http://www.moviezeal.com/?p=2517#comment-95148 Great review by the way! One of your best. And the picture layout is outstanding. Great review by the way! One of your best. And the picture layout is outstanding.

]]> By: Sam Juliano http://www.moviezeal.com/food-inc/comment-page-1/#comment-95147 Sam Juliano Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:18:58 +0000 http://www.moviezeal.com/?p=2517#comment-95147 I rarely eat red meat, and restict my protein intake to fish, chicken, turkey, beats and nuts. Yet, it is always disturbing to see films like this, and after I watched this three weeks ago on a weekday afternoon after my summer school stint, I again was nauceous pondering it's implications. I thought FOOD INC. was effective in what it said out to do (and that was among other concerns to point out the injustices afflicting the farmers, but the Austrian documentary, OUR DAILY BREAD (2005) was far more effective in curing one of 'beef eating mania.' I guess the biggest 'revelation' I came away from FOOD INC. was the posed assertion that practically everything comes from corn. Even those of us who prefer fish (I am crazy for salmon) must know that farms have stripped the fish of the nutrients like B omega that have long made it one of the best foods. As it is, bluberries, broccoli and walnuts are the best foods we have. I rarely eat red meat, and restict my protein intake to fish, chicken, turkey, beats and nuts. Yet, it is always disturbing to see films like this, and after I watched this three weeks ago on a weekday afternoon after my summer school stint, I again was nauceous pondering it’s implications. I thought FOOD INC. was effective in what it said out to do (and that was among other concerns to point out the injustices afflicting the farmers, but the Austrian documentary, OUR DAILY BREAD (2005) was far more effective in curing one of ‘beef eating mania.’

I guess the biggest ‘revelation’ I came away from FOOD INC. was the posed assertion that practically everything comes from corn.

Even those of us who prefer fish (I am crazy for salmon) must know that farms have stripped the fish of the nutrients like B omega that have long made it one of the best foods. As it is, bluberries, broccoli and walnuts are the best foods we have.

]]> By: Luke Harrington http://www.moviezeal.com/food-inc/comment-page-1/#comment-94566 Luke Harrington Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:58:10 +0000 http://www.moviezeal.com/?p=2517#comment-94566 You're totally right about the chicken farmers (Schlosser makes a similar point about beef farmers in <i>Nation</i>, as well). Monsanto has actually gone so far as to establish a <a href="http://www.monsanto.com/foodinc/family_farmer.asp" rel="nofollow">website</a> where they attempt to "refute" some of the claims of the film, and one of its more interesting points is that "98% of farms in the U.S. are family owned and operated." Strictly speaking, that may be true, but when there's only a handful of enormous corporations that control every other part of the supply chain, it doesn't leave the farmers with any real autonomy to speak of. I think many of us would prefer to be faceless corporate employees than confined to a straitjacket of debt, if those were our only two choices. You’re totally right about the chicken farmers (Schlosser makes a similar point about beef farmers in Nation, as well). Monsanto has actually gone so far as to establish a website where they attempt to “refute” some of the claims of the film, and one of its more interesting points is that “98% of farms in the U.S. are family owned and operated.” Strictly speaking, that may be true, but when there’s only a handful of enormous corporations that control every other part of the supply chain, it doesn’t leave the farmers with any real autonomy to speak of. I think many of us would prefer to be faceless corporate employees than confined to a straitjacket of debt, if those were our only two choices.

]]> By: Jason Bellamy http://www.moviezeal.com/food-inc/comment-page-1/#comment-94366 Jason Bellamy Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:14:34 +0000 http://www.moviezeal.com/?p=2517#comment-94366 Well done. I walked away from this film conflicted, much like you. Several rather obvious counter arguments are left out, however, there are moments that are quite powerful, even though it's in the shadow of <i>Fast Food Nation</i> (the book). I was stunned learning about the chicken farms; not the filth (I expected that), but how the farmers are almost instantly and hopelessly in debt. And the line that still haunts me refers to the meat rendering plants, when someone notes that if the walls were made of glass and we could see how our meat is processed, none of us would eat it. That's quite true, in spirit if not quite in fact. I still eat meat, and I probably always will. But I choose my products as carefully as I can (even if it's futile), and I brace myself for the day when I might decide it's no longer worth it. Well done. I walked away from this film conflicted, much like you. Several rather obvious counter arguments are left out, however, there are moments that are quite powerful, even though it’s in the shadow of Fast Food Nation (the book).

I was stunned learning about the chicken farms; not the filth (I expected that), but how the farmers are almost instantly and hopelessly in debt. And the line that still haunts me refers to the meat rendering plants, when someone notes that if the walls were made of glass and we could see how our meat is processed, none of us would eat it. That’s quite true, in spirit if not quite in fact.

I still eat meat, and I probably always will. But I choose my products as carefully as I can (even if it’s futile), and I brace myself for the day when I might decide it’s no longer worth it.

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