Comments on: Food, Inc. Review

By: Multivitamin

Multivitamin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:35:48 +0000

I always feel that movies which should be seen because they serve an informational and educational purpose don’t get the exposure they deserve. On the other hand we’re bombarded with ads for the latest romantic comedy which doesn’t help us in leading healthier lives or making better decidions.

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:54:17 +0000

Hi. Do you know of any vegan manufactured products that are free of Monsanto-genetically-modified crop? I’d like to boycott the company.

By: Bren

Bren — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:58:00 +0000

This movie centers around the movement starting with Alice Waters to get orgainc food into restaurants, and the business models and farmers that grew up around it. Problem is her own restaurant still to this day does not serve vegan food and despite a lot of pressure to at least have one or two vegan choices, there is nothing. It’s a display of animal body parts basically at Chez Panisse.

And of course the fertilizer that they use in organic farming is often cow poo and there is no requirement that they be organic. So you have all the same problems with pesticides and antibiotics getting into the soil and food.

It is really more self congratulatory than anything.

By: brian

brian — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:54:40 +0000

i turned it off when the farmer was talking about the perils of big business while inhumanely slaughtering chickens. of course the author did not explain what they were doing or that the chickens are not always dead before being dumped into scalding hot water to remove their feathers but i just suppose that’s hypocrisy for you. “big business wants us to destroy sentient beings in a different way and we just dont think that’s right.”
all in all this film got a thumbs down.
i am staying vegan and people get what they deserve when they eat like this.

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By: Lane

Lane — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:03:36 +0000

Hi Babs,
We’ll be looking for your review after you’ve seen the movie.
Thanks for your comments. As for peoples nastiness, I think some people need to feel that they are doing something that makes them “better” than everyone else which is why they like to point out how we’re wrong in our take on what it means to be vegan. I’d rather see a 75% vegan than someone who feels it’s an all or nothing alternative and so they go back to eating meat at every meal. That’s where I get hung up. I don’t understand the people who claim to be animal rights advocates and say that a small effort isn’t good enough so you may as well not bother. I live my life believing every little bit helps. Yes, I believe we are perpetration barbarities on our “food animals.” But I also know that it is difficult to get society to think differently, change occurs gradually, and with tolerance.

By: Babs

Babs — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:11:17 +0000

I am really looming forward to seeing this movie next month when it comes out up here.

I have no illusions about its promotion of a vegan ethic, but I think that another huge issue at stake is widening the public’s percpetion of the food industry’s practices, which affects ALL of us, vegan or omnivores, because of companies like Monsanto, Con-Agra and Archer-Daniels-Midland. There may be a few hardcore vegans who are off the grid entirely and are 100% self-sufficient, but I think that the bulk of us go to the store for our food.

The sooner we can take down the current corrupt system of agribusiness, the sooner more ethical and sustainable agricultural practices can be put into place. It won’t be until that day that the number of vegans grows appreciably.

This is a great blog, btw. I stumbled upon it today when I was looking at posts about showing compassion and “not being vegan enough.” The nastiness shown by some is puzzling to me. Can’t they see that it only serves to drive away more people?

I’ve added your link to my own blog.