Has anyone seen Food Inc documentary?

kwseneca
kwseneca Posts: 79
in Food and Nutrition
Just wondering if anyone has watched the Food Inc. documentary (it is on netflix). I wanted to know any opinions that you have on it.
Thanks :)

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  • marjoleina
    marjoleina Posts: 189 Member
    I did see it and it helped me decide to eat vegan as much as I can
  • leahestey
    leahestey Posts: 124 Member
    It is an eye opener for sure. So is:
    Vegucated
    Super Size Me
    Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead
    Food Matters
    all on Netflix and I have seen many others but cannot remember the titles.
  • blink1021
    blink1021 Posts: 1,115 Member
    Yes I saw it I couldn't even finish it, but it did make me start to seek out farmers who do not work for major cooperations and do not inject hormones into them. Believe it or not they exist more expensive but exist. I know a lot of people say it turned them vegan, but I just love my dairy too much.
  • srr6783
    srr6783 Posts: 8
    I watched it an made me really think about the types of food we buy and eat. It is best if you can to read all the labels of your food or try your best to not eat so much pre packaged food and stay away from fast food as much as possible. When shopping in the grocery store many nutritionist sugggest only shop the perimeter of the store.The entire aisles are loaded with the things that are not so good for us. Im doing my best to stay in the produce department....
  • schpoopy
    schpoopy Posts: 2
    "Food Inc" was tremendously eye opening. My sister-in-law just recommended "Forks over Knives" as well, but I don't know anything about that one. The former made my think differently about the way I shop. We are checking the origins of meats that we buy, shopping primarily at the farmers market, growing our own herbs, etc. I wanted to do SO much more, but I think it's the kind of lifestyle you have to take on gradually. Trying to eat healthier is hard enough on its own.
  • helengetshealthy
    helengetshealthy Posts: 171 Member
    I watched it recently! It was very good, a real eye opener. Although I do not eat much fast food as it is, it really put me off any future urges :/ Some upsetting scenes it in, be warned!
  • leahestey
    leahestey Posts: 124 Member
    Others: Hunger for Change
    Forks over Knives
  • ConnieM20
    ConnieM20 Posts: 493 Member
    It is an eye opener for sure. So is:
    Vegucated
    Super Size Me
    Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead
    Food Matters
    all on Netflix and I have seen many others but cannot remember the titles.

    thanks for the list! gunna check them out. food inc was definitely an eye opener.
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    That's why I eat organic, free range chicken, eggs and "naturally raised" beef. It isn't a panacea but it does help. I also eat as many organic fruits and vegetables as I can get too. I live near an organic farm.
  • kwseneca
    kwseneca Posts: 79
    It has a good information. I was also under the impression that it was extremely biased against many farmers in America.
    Many of them have no choice other than to sacrifice their organic values and follow what the government wants them to do.

    I love living in a rural area, and my whole family consists of farmers coming from the 1900s!
    My grandfather actually was a VERY VERY successful pig farmer. He raised them to adult age, sold them to a slaughter house, and kept one or two pigs a year for the whole family to eat. He raised them in 100% organic conditions! He had up to 500 head of hogs in 1965. However, these HUGE industrial farms they talk about on Food Inc caused him to start losing money from his once successful business. But then again, how would my grandfather and other small farmers keep up with the absolutely EXTREME demand that Americans and the American food industry cause?

    Now my grandfather raises organic-grass-fed beef cattle. He keeps about 2 cows a year for the family to eat (so yes, I have an awesomely unlimited supply of fresh organic beef), but he sells off the rest of the cattle to an industrial farm when they are about 1 year old in order to make money. Feeding them out would be so expensive, and my grandfather HATES the use of chemicals and antibiotics in beef. This is what rural America is. Small farmers are sacrificing their freedom for these awful corportations like Tyson and Walmart and McDonalds.

    It is so crazy to see these industrial farms!
  • kwseneca
    kwseneca Posts: 79
    That's why I eat organic, free range chicken, eggs and "naturally raised" beef. It isn't a panacea but it does help. I also eat as many organic fruits and vegetables as I can get too. I live near an organic farm.
    Lucky...I only eat organic beef...spinach and kale if I can. Everything else is so expensive. I know it is worth it but it LITERALLY cannot afford it. It is hard enough to buy CHEAP grocceries!
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    It has a good information. I was also under the impression that it was extremely biased against many farmers in America.
    Many of them have no choice other than to sacrifice their organic values and follow what the government wants them to do.

    I love living in a rural area, and my whole family consists of farmers coming from the 1900s!
    My grandfather actually was a VERY VERY successful pig farmer. He raised them to adult age, sold them to a slaughter house, and kept one or two pigs a year for the whole family to eat. He raised them in 100% organic conditions! He had up to 500 head of hogs in 1965. However, these HUGE industrial farms they talk about on Food Inc caused him to start losing money from his once successful business. But then again, how would my grandfather and other small farmers keep up with the absolutely EXTREME demand that Americans and the American food industry cause?

    Now my grandfather raises organic-grass-fed beef cattle. He keeps about 2 cows a year for the family to eat (so yes, I have an awesomely unlimited supply of fresh organic beef), but he sells off the rest of the cattle to an industrial farm when they are about 1 year old in order to make money. Feeding them out would be so expensive, and my grandfather HATES the use of chemicals and antibiotics in beef. This is what rural America is. Small farmers are sacrificing their freedom for these awful corportations like Tyson and Walmart and McDonalds.

    It is so crazy to see these industrial farms!

    Yes--it is a national tragedy. It is also outrageously unjust. Big corporations and Big government are ruining this country. They won't be content until the vast majority of the population live like those in the Third World. :mad:

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