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Aptly timed, a Hannaford beef recall http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/19891723/detail.html
We saw http://www.foodincmovie.com/ at the Embassy last night. I thought it was excellent - a lot of material that was in Fast Food Nation and Omnivore's Dilemma (as expected) but expanded since then given that some time has passed. I didn't appreciate the extent to the seed saving issue (Monsanto owns the patent for the most popular soybean seeds, and farmers are fined and sued for saving their own seeds, due to "patent infringement"). It was neat seeing the farm and the farmer from http://www.polyfacefarms.com/ - what a neat guy!
It is more costly to buy natural and from the farmer direct, but it was inspiring to see how the market can really make changes (Stonyfield Farms yogurt being carried in Walmart now). We used to spend more money of our budgets on food. Now we spend so much less, but we get quite a different product for it. It's a complicated issue given how much costs in other areas have increased (housing, healthcare) and it is a personal choice. As wealth and health technologies improve in the US, don't you think we'd do a better job at keeping people healthy and at feeding them good food though?
We saw http://www.foodincmovie.com/ at the Embassy last night. I thought it was excellent - a lot of material that was in Fast Food Nation and Omnivore's Dilemma (as expected) but expanded since then given that some time has passed. I didn't appreciate the extent to the seed saving issue (Monsanto owns the patent for the most popular soybean seeds, and farmers are fined and sued for saving their own seeds, due to "patent infringement"). It was neat seeing the farm and the farmer from http://www.polyfacefarms.com/ - what a neat guy!
It is more costly to buy natural and from the farmer direct, but it was inspiring to see how the market can really make changes (Stonyfield Farms yogurt being carried in Walmart now). We used to spend more money of our budgets on food. Now we spend so much less, but we get quite a different product for it. It's a complicated issue given how much costs in other areas have increased (housing, healthcare) and it is a personal choice. As wealth and health technologies improve in the US, don't you think we'd do a better job at keeping people healthy and at feeding them good food though?
