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Food, Inc.

Posted by rob on July 6th, 2009

Let’s rewind to right around when our beloved Juice the Blog was born.

It was at the former residence of Beej, Choof, and Colin where I first heard Brian (BLin) go on his tirade about corn due to (what I’m assuming) was his recent reading of The Omnivore’s Dilemma.  I’ve got to be honest, at the time I thought it was little more than a BriBri rant-du-jour.

I’ve been meaning to say this for a while (especially after I read The Omnivore’s Dilemma not too long ago), but I was wrong.  Mother of fuck was I wrong.

The state of food production and consumption in this country (in addition to the surrounding regulatory bodies and main corporate players) is in an atrocious state.

The path to eating better (in a manner of purchasing higher-quality foods that were more often than not organic and absent of unnecessary corn products or by-products) has been not all that difficult for me.  It’s a lifestyle that requires responsible planning, really, and nothing more (although having a vegetarian girlfriend did ease the transition for me as I was already planning meals for the both of us nightly that were vegetarian safe).

Tonight, I saw Food, Inc., and maybe it’s because I’m more sensitive to audio/visual stimulation (damn my videogame upbringing!), but I finally can relate to the level of rage and passion Brian had that night.  There are some familiar old friends in the film, with both Michael Pollan (Omnivore’s Dilemma), and Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) make significant appearances.  Upton Sinclair’s ubiquitous book The Jungle is also mentioned appropriately.

I don’t really want to take anything away from the film (not like one can really spoil a documentary film), but y’all should really go see it, even if you have read some of the aforementioned books.

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3 Responses to “Food, Inc.”

  1. July 7th, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    kyle says:

    Nice post Rob. I am going to try my best to see this film.

  2. July 9th, 2009 at 12:15 am

    fil says:

    whoa, holy late night post batman…

    So I saw Food Inc. this evening, and I have to say I was rather impressed. There were a few Michael Moore moments where I couldn’t wait until the next chapter, but overall it was very enjoyable and informative.

    As some of you may know, my dad works for the USDA doing soil conservation, but I was brought up being very close to farming and in a lot of respects nature. It was really great to see a well thought out, well planned, and well executed version of all the things I have been not only taught my whole life, but of the stuff I’ve been reading/hearing about over the past few years.

    I was even so compelled as to call my dad after the movie and discuss some of the things that they talked about in the movie. He deals with a lot more of the conservation side of the USDA and a lot less with food production, but it was interesting to hear his reaction since he deals with a lot of those people on a daily basis. It was also really great to talk about ‘buying local’ because that is something that has been instilled in me since I was a little kid going to ‘Ag Progress Days’ in Harrisburg, PA every summer.

    I could talk about this sort of thing forever (and i’d love to in person with any of you, simply call me up), but let me move on to the next interesting topic :

    Something that I really liked that kind of relates to the digital world is something I noticed during the end of the film. I always sit through a film’s credits until the very end (for respect of all the people who worked on the film obbbbviosly)…but this originally started because my dad was always interested in the locations they shot the movie in. As you may or may not know, all the locations are typically listed at the very end of the film, aside from that very large KODAK logo. Anyways, waiting until the end sort of stuck. The last thing that was in the credits for this movie was a web address where you could go to learn more about the film, and how to take action etc. Welp, I’m happy to say I signed a petition this evening after going to the site and checking out a little more info.

    Interesting to see that sort of thing creep into the subtleties of your life, even something like the movies you watch. I remember seeing web addresses on the local news and really thinking to myself, “wow, the internet is blowin’ up all over that shit.”

    So as I sit here finishing up a bowl of Stonybrook Organic Yogurt (which a portion of the film was dedicated to oddly enough), with Organic Granola (thanks Brian) and Bluebs on top, I am starting to realize just how much I really appreciate food.

  3. July 9th, 2009 at 1:24 am

    kyle says:

    Wow Fil… I so thoroughly enjoyed your comment. Thanks for sharing man. Late night commenting for the win!

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