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Originally Posted by LizAEBN
Isn't that the actual information from Fast Food Nation?
I was really confused by the story they jacked into the movie, but the book FFN (... interesting coincidence, there, eh?) freaked my shit OUT.
The Omnivore's Dilemma has been on my Amazon wishlist for a while, but I haven't gotten 'round to reading it yet.
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I think if you read Dilemma first, then see Food Inc. it will become clear. The film has a few melodramatic flaws and a few shock value images but if you stay the course it improves. Like all opinion pieces, it is propoganda. But if you are interested in the subject, like anything else, your opinion becomes a sum total of a variety of sources and this film is a decent toe in the water.
If FFN freaked you out, I think Dilemma will goes deeper into the root causes.
An interesting point made in Food Inc., is the freedom you lose when four or five companies control just about everything you eat, and most of that is corn based and through high fructose corn syrup which is primarily responsible for the very serious diabetes epidemic in the Western world. Five years ago, I didn't know anyone with diabetes. Now I know five people ranging from 27 to 53 years old. Scarey but preventable.
These companies fight tooth and nail to shut down labelling laws. That takes away your freedom to choose what you eat when you can't find out where your food originates or if it has been genetically modified.
I could go on, but the book and many like it do a pretty good job if you read between the obvious spin.