Sunday, June 21, 2009

Food Inc.

"This land is your land, this land is my land

From California to the New York Island

From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters

This land was made for you and me"

Erase all preconceptions of documentaries, this film is brilliant. A Participant Productions film, Food Inc. opened in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco on June 12th.

If you eat, you will want to watch this movie. Don't let the pictures of cattle knee deep in their own manure or the chickens that are bred to grow so large and quick that they can't even stand up, scare you, this film is written in a post Obama era where the mantra is "Yes we can!" No longer will we sit by while our children die, our loved ones develop diabetes and chronic health conditions soar. No longer will we tolerate animals to be treated inhumanly, the factory workers to be abused or the farmers to be unfairly sued by large corporations. The beauty of this film, is that as much as it educates, it also inspires. As consumers, we have power. We vote every time we make a purchase. I encourage you, no, I beseech you, to watch this movie, take action and tell someone else about it.

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