Food Inc. - Have you seen it?

[Jenn Barrette]

I just finished watching Food Inc. and wow was it an eye opener. I have already been on the road to a healthier lifestyle for me and my family, but this movie is really motivation to make more conscious decisions about the food I purchase.

Have you guys seen it?

[jacinda]

I want to live in ignorance. It's easier. Not necessarily tastier, but easier

But to answer your question, no, haven't watched that programme. I doubt we have it here yet.

[KristinCB]

I saw that it was finally put on netflix here in canada so its on my list to watch!

[Darcy Baldwin]

I watched it about a year ago, and it changed our lives. We're taking baby steps to change the way we eat and live. We're not there, yet, but working our way to whole foods, growing what we can, storing it so we can eat it when it's not in season, and trying hard. We fail often, but know that the successes we've had in this last year out weight that and put us a little closer to our own Little House on the Prairie life that we want to have in Tennessee on a mountain with our own land

[Jenn Barrette]

Yup K, I just watched it from Netflix. I guess I also live in an ignorance is bliss aspect hoping that Canadian food isn't as bad...but I am pretty sure it is basically the same standards.

[Jenn Barrette]

Need any farm hands Darcy? My family and me would love to come visit! I was telling my DH how I love reading your blog and just all the great things you and your family do. You are an inspiration!

[LJSDesigns]

I work in the food industry and I've not seen the program, so I am not sure what "bad" is or which standards we're talking about, cause there are a number. I will say that the more a food is processed, the worse it is for you. Chemicals were not meant to be eaten. For instance, the zero calorie sweeteners that go into most of the diet foods out there are zero calories because it is physically impossible for your body to digest them. Kinda scary that we eat things every day that our body's weren't meant to consume.

[Jenn Barrette]

Lorie, it was things like the increase in e-coli in processed meat, the corruption in the FDA, proliferation of corn syrup in processed foods, the way cheap food is the least healthy, etc. Really good movie that will motivate you to look closer at your food choices.

[LJSDesigns]

I'm sure it would. Cheap food is more processed so it makes sense that it is worse. Being a informed consumer is always a good idea in everything you buy and especially what you eat.

[Nettio]

Yep, we watched it and we've gotten a lot pickier about the meat we eat as a result, chicken especially. I couldn't get over how their little legs couldn't support the weight of their giant breasts. It was so sad.

I think the part that really amazed me was how all the beef suppliers cater to McDonalds because they're the largest buyer of beef. So we're all forced to eat crappy McDonalds beef whether we want to or not.

[Robin Carlton]

I've seen it and it changed my everything re: food. It was a big catalyst to my losing 90lbs in the last 2 years. There are gobs of great documentaries on Netflix regarding food in general - amazing stuff! Food, Inc. is one of my faves though - hard to watch, but incredible in general.

[ripal]

I've watched it and made me glad that I'm born vegetarian. I just watched Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead last weekend. That one was inspiring too! Next one in my list is Fork Over Knives(or something like that)

[Traci Reed]

Also watch Supersize Me those two movies are life changers..

[mariewilcox]

I watched it a few years ago and was glad I had already gone vegetarian years before - LOL. I also read The Omnivore's Dilemma" and watched King Corn.

[KateD]

I saw that it's on Netflix and started watching it in bed a couple of weeks ago - and stopped it when I realized that it wouldn't be something good to watch while I was trying to go to sleep. I'll probably finish watching it eventually, although I'm really in no hurry.
Hearing a bit about it makes me very glad of the direction we're taking in our household to eat whole, unprocessed, non-gmo food. I think the thing that got me started a few years ago was reading Michael Pollan's book "In Defense of Food". I started out really slowly then, and things are really starting to snowball.

[Darcy Baldwin]

Originally Posted by Jenn Barrette

Need any farm hands Darcy? My family and me would love to come visit!

Considering that we won't really have a clue what we're doing, the more hands the better! LOLOL Its a huge huge huge dream of ours, just don't know when/if we'll get to realize it to the extent that we want.

For now, we're just looking at getting chickens in a couple of months.

[Tracie Stroud]

I haven't, but I'm adding it to my Netflix queue now. I desperately need some motivation to change our eating habits. It's sooo hard with Noah, as the autism contributes to him being super super picky about food, and instead of being able to reason with him, he just has a meltdown if he doesn't get the foods he wants. *sigh*

[Giseli Freitas]

DH saw it other day on Netflix and said I should too. Now, I'm even more curious about it.

[ripal]

Originally Posted by Traci Reed

Also watch Supersize Me those two movies are life changers..

Traci, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead(movie has nothing to do with downgrading over weight people...) is complete opposite of Supersize Me. The guy goes on juice diet for 60 days after he feels that he needed to change his lifestyle. On his journey, he inspires others to do the same with amazing results!

There is a website for it too:

www.fatsickandnearlydead.com

[aggiefamily]

It is on my list to watch!

Just knowing what it is about from various comments makes me very grateful that I do know exactly where most of our red meat comes from and how it is processed. We still buy chicken and turkey from the grocery store. I'm fine with that for now. Live chickens kinda creep me out.

[scrapperjade]

Originally Posted by Jenn Barrette

Yup K, I just watched it from Netflix. I guess I also live in an ignorance is bliss aspect hoping that Canadian food isn't as bad...but I am pretty sure it is basically the same standards.

Jenn - if it makes you feel any better, Canada has completely different standards, actually! I watched this a couple weeks ago, and just felt ill. I posted on FB saying as such, and a good friend of mine who is actually in the agricultural field (she is one that inspects farms/coops, supplies feed & tags the animals, etc) was able to provide extra information. This is what she said:

"If it makes you feel better- the thing that I was most revolted by was the misrepresentation and overstatements of the "evil factory farms" Canadian farms aren't anywhere near the same level as the amerrican farms- for example- In canada a HUGE dairy farm is 500 cows- not the 5-10,000 cow farms that the states has. I spent 50% of the movie yelling at the screen about how they were presenting such a one sided arguement! They did have a good point about so few companies controlling such a huge proportion of the food supply- but again, it is completely opposite in the dairy and poultry industries in Canada, different people each own the breeders (birds that lay the eggs that make the chicken we eat), the broilers (the birds we eat) and the processors (the companies that kill and sell the chicken) AND contrary to popular beleif- we do NOT feed chickens and dairy cattle hormones in Canada! Anyway, that is my rant about agriculture! lol"

[Jenn Barrette]

Thanks for the info! I am still going to try and find a more local source for my meat if I can, grass fed beef for example. And the movie still made me realize how disconnected I am from my food.

[scrapperjade]

Originally Posted by Jenn Barrette

Thanks for the info! I am still going to try and find a more local source for my meat if I can, grass fed beef for example. And the movie still made me realize how disconnected I am from my food.

I completely agree! I already get my beef from my aunt & uncle who raise cattle (very delicious meat, it's amazing how lean it is, and how different it tastes & smells from the stuff I buy at the store). Since chicken in Canada isn't given hormones, the breasts are still a lot smaller, but I would like to find a local farmer who raises chickens & start buying some whole for roasting.

It was a huge eye opener, thats for sure! Especially the part about the "filler" they use in the meat that's made into patties for fast food places. The stuff coming down the assembly line did NOT look like meat parts, and I almost threw up! I REFUSE to eat at fast food places now!!

[Jengerbread88]

Food Inc is AWESOME. I also highly recommend Food Matters if you liked Food Inc. It's less about the processing and more about how raw foods can cure a lot of illnesses and issues. It's a really informative documentary about the overprocessing of foods.

I have changed a lot of how I eat after watching Food Inc (though I do still slip back into old habits occasionally). I think the scariest information in there is about Monsanto... yikes!