Food, Inc.
Posted on 16. Nov, 2009 by Margaret in Books, Nutrition
Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.
The book explores challenges raised by the movie in 13 essays by experts featured in the film including…
Eric Schlosser on the industrialization of our food supply. Michael Pollan on the benefits of locally-sourced, organic eating. Marion Nestle on sorting out food facts from fictions. Anna Lappe on how the U.s. food system promotes global warming. Muhammad Yunus on the global impact of food industrialization.
Are you hungry for change?
10 Simple things you can do to change our food system:
- Stop drinking sodas and other sweetened beverages.
- Eat at home instead of eating out.
- Support the passage of laws requiring chain restaurants to post calorie information on menus.
- Tell school to stop selling sodas, junk food and sports drinks.
- Meatless Mondays – go without meat one day a week.
- Buy organic or sustainable food with little or no pesticides.
- Protect family farms, visit your local farmer’s market.
- Make a point to know where your food comes from – READ LABELS.
- Tell Congress that food safety is important to you.
- Demand job protections for farm workers and food processors, ensuring fair wages and other protections.
Susan
Nov 16th, 2009
it’s time to change the BAD habits, BAD choices of eating…and this is it!!!!! simple and healthy
Megan
Nov 16th, 2009
I showed this film to all my 9th graders. It was encouraging to see how much the images bothered them. Several of them said that for the first time they actually think about what they put in their mouths!