Guest guest Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Tonight I saw Food, Inc. to a sold out crowd. Unfortunately, the screen in Sacramento is on the small side and quite a number of people were turned away. In fact, in the panel discussion afterward, Muller of Full Belly Farm likened us to terrorists meeting in a basement! If only this were playing in thousands of multiplexes around the country! I put this movie in the " Must-See " category. I wish everyone would see this movie. It's excellent, it's powerful, it's " must-know " information for any concerned citizen. This movie is an introduction to the overall food system in America, and frankly, it's insane! While it has a few entertaining moments, and times I wanted to jump up and cheer, most of it, for me, was rather sad and depressing. It's not always easy to watch. But it's a message that needs to be heard. We must first be educated about something, made aware of it, before we will be interested in it and care about it. This movie does an excellent job of that. Those familiar with Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, or who have seen The Future of Food, King Corn, or The World According to Monsanto, will be familiar with many of the ideas presented in this movie, but Food, Inc. covers the key points of the subject in a clear, conside and powerful way. To me it is the most powerful of all of them. If I have one critique of Food, Inc., not unlike The Future of Food, it spends all it's time teaching about the food system and how bad it is, then at the very end, it introduces some of the positive things that are happening and gives the basic steps we can do ourselves to bring about change. To learn more about those I recommend The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved - Inside America's Underground Food Movements, by Sandor Katz. My recommendation is see this movie! It should be supported and its message should be spread. The famous line from Spider Man goes " With knowledge comes responsibility. " Well, with ignorance comes irresponsibility. So get educated. To see where it's playing in a city near you, see the Playdates here: http://www.magpictures.com/profile.aspx?id=3e3938d1-b785-4286-9ae0-8eb5952f1480. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 thx for the review! would you say it was a FAIR documentary? i've found some that have been more biased towards one thing than i'd like. an example is the movie " food matters " where they seem to REALLY PUSH the raw and vitamin/supplement thing. made me wonder if it was backed by a supplements company/group. Kelvin On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 1:17 AM, <spiorad@...> wrote: > > > Tonight I saw Food, Inc. to a sold out crowd. Unfortunately, the screen in > Sacramento is on the small side and quite a number of people were turned > away. In fact, in the panel discussion afterward, Muller of Full Belly > Farm likened us to terrorists meeting in a basement! If only this were > playing in thousands of multiplexes around the country! > > I put this movie in the " Must-See " category. I wish everyone would see this > movie. It's excellent, it's powerful, it's " must-know " information for any > concerned citizen. This movie is an introduction to the overall food system > in America, and frankly, it's insane! While it has a few entertaining > moments, and times I wanted to jump up and cheer, most of it, for me, was > rather sad and depressing. It's not always easy to watch. But it's a message > that needs to be heard. We must first be educated about something, made > aware of it, before we will be interested in it and care about it. This > movie does an excellent job of that. > > Those familiar with Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, or who > have seen The Future of Food, King Corn, or The World According to Monsanto, > will be familiar with many of the ideas presented in this movie, but Food, > Inc. covers the key points of the subject in a clear, conside and powerful > way. To me it is the most powerful of all of them. > > If I have one critique of Food, Inc., not unlike The Future of Food, it > spends all it's time teaching about the food system and how bad it is, then > at the very end, it introduces some of the positive things that are > happening and gives the basic steps we can do ourselves to bring about > change. To learn more about those I recommend The Revolution Will Not Be > Microwaved - Inside America's Underground Food Movements, by Sandor Katz. > > My recommendation is see this movie! It should be supported and its message > should be spread. The famous line from Spider Man goes " With knowledge comes > responsibility. " Well, with ignorance comes irresponsibility. So get > educated. > > To see where it's playing in a city near you, see the Playdates here: > http://www.magpictures.com/profile.aspx?id=3e3938d1-b785-4286-9ae0-8eb5952f1480. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Isn't Pollans against eating meat? I could be wrong on this b/c I only skimmed his book but I thought there was an open letter to him on the weston price website. > > Tonight I saw Food, Inc. to a sold out crowd. Unfortunately, the screen in Sacramento is on the small side and quite a number of people were turned away. In fact, in the panel discussion afterward, Muller of Full Belly Farm likened us to terrorists meeting in a basement! If only this were playing in thousands of multiplexes around the country! > > I put this movie in the " Must-See " category. I wish everyone would see this movie. It's excellent, it's powerful, it's " must-know " information for any concerned citizen. This movie is an introduction to the overall food system in America, and frankly, it's insane! While it has a few entertaining moments, and times I wanted to jump up and cheer, most of it, for me, was rather sad and depressing. It's not always easy to watch. But it's a message that needs to be heard. We must first be educated about something, made aware of it, before we will be interested in it and care about it. This movie does an excellent job of that. > > Those familiar with Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, or who have seen The Future of Food, King Corn, or The World According to Monsanto, will be familiar with many of the ideas presented in this movie, but Food, Inc. covers the key points of the subject in a clear, conside and powerful way. To me it is the most powerful of all of them. > > If I have one critique of Food, Inc., not unlike The Future of Food, it spends all it's time teaching about the food system and how bad it is, then at the very end, it introduces some of the positive things that are happening and gives the basic steps we can do ourselves to bring about change. To learn more about those I recommend The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved - Inside America's Underground Food Movements, by Sandor Katz. > > My recommendation is see this movie! It should be supported and its message should be spread. The famous line from Spider Man goes " With knowledge comes responsibility. " Well, with ignorance comes irresponsibility. So get educated. > > To see where it's playing in a city near you, see the Playdates here: http://www.magpictures.com/profile.aspx?id=3e3938d1-b785-4286-9ae0-8eb5952f1480. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 quote: " The famous line from Spider Man goes " With knowledge comes responsibility. " Actually, it's " with great power comes great responsibility " Oh well... same goes for knowledge, because, as the saying goes " knowledge is power " ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 he says we should focus more on plants than meat here is the open letter http://www.westonaprice.org/journal/journal-v8n2su07.html > > > > Tonight I saw Food, Inc. to a sold out crowd. Unfortunately, the screen in Sacramento is on the small side and quite a number of people were turned away. In fact, in the panel discussion afterward, Muller of Full Belly Farm likened us to terrorists meeting in a basement! If only this were playing in thousands of multiplexes around the country! > > > > I put this movie in the " Must-See " category. I wish everyone would see this movie. It's excellent, it's powerful, it's " must-know " information for any concerned citizen. This movie is an introduction to the overall food system in America, and frankly, it's insane! While it has a few entertaining moments, and times I wanted to jump up and cheer, most of it, for me, was rather sad and depressing. It's not always easy to watch. But it's a message that needs to be heard. We must first be educated about something, made aware of it, before we will be interested in it and care about it. This movie does an excellent job of that. > > > > Those familiar with Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, or who have seen The Future of Food, King Corn, or The World According to Monsanto, will be familiar with many of the ideas presented in this movie, but Food, Inc. covers the key points of the subject in a clear, conside and powerful way. To me it is the most powerful of all of them. > > > > If I have one critique of Food, Inc., not unlike The Future of Food, it spends all it's time teaching about the food system and how bad it is, then at the very end, it introduces some of the positive things that are happening and gives the basic steps we can do ourselves to bring about change. To learn more about those I recommend The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved - Inside America's Underground Food Movements, by Sandor Katz. > > > > My recommendation is see this movie! It should be supported and its message should be spread. The famous line from Spider Man goes " With knowledge comes responsibility. " Well, with ignorance comes irresponsibility. So get educated. > > > > To see where it's playing in a city near you, see the Playdates here: http://www.magpictures.com/profile.aspx?id=3e3938d1-b785-4286-9ae0-8eb5952f1480. > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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