Food, INC. (check your local library - I was able to rent it for free)
(Disclaimer - you dont have to be a Veg to get something out of this movie, but it may sway the way you look at the meat on your plate)
My Husband and I both found this movie to be eye opening, moving and incredibly important.
First- It bolstered my reasons for being a Vegetarian ( as I had suspected before watching)
Second- It reminded me that we make a very important choice 3x a day in selecting what we eat. We have great control over the food industry through the concept of supply & demand. If we make a choice not to eat a product because of the way it is made or the company that makes it there will no longer be a demand for it. If we choose to consume food made by ethical companies and farms we are creating a demand for products made in a manner that we agree with.
Third- It painted the clear picture that food is BIG BUSINESS. We think of big tobacco or pharmaceutical companies or Oil companies being the "problem" but these food conglomerates have immense political, legal and financial power over our society.
I highly Recommend that EVERYONE watch this movie - as the cover states "You'll never look at dinner the same way again"
1. Stop drinking sodas and other sweetened beverages. You can lose 25 lbs in a year by replacing one 20 oz soda a day with a no calorie beverage (preferably water). 2. Eat at home instead of eating out. Children consume almost twice (1.8 times) as many calories when eating food prepared outside the home. 3. Purchase fewer processed foods. Visit the outer aisles of the grocery store where healthier items are placed. Processed foods tend to live in the inner aisles. 4. Tell schools to stop selling sodas, junk food, and sports drinks. Over the last two decades, rates of obesity have tripled in children and adolescents aged 6 to 19 years. 5. Meatless Mondays—Go without meat one day a week. An estimated 70% of all antibiotics used in the United States are given to farm animals. 6. Buy organic or sustainable food with little or no pesticides. According to the EPA, over 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used each year in the U.S. 7. Protect family farms; visit your local farmer's market. Farmer's markets allow farmers to keep 80 to 90 cents of each dollar spent by the consumer. 8. Make a point to know where your food comes from—READ LABELS. The average meal travels 1500 miles from the farm to your dinner plate. 9. Grow your own food. Start a garden in your back yard or plant some tomatoes in a pot. You’ll be surprised how much you can grow in a small space! 10. Join the Healthy Hometown Food in Neighborhoods Committee. spread the word - educate others & end the "Ostrich in the sand" feeling that most people have about where their food comes from
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