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The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000

Friday, May 13, 2011

The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000, but the image that’s used to sell the food … you go into the supermarket and you see pictures of farmers. The picket fence and the silo and the 1930s farmhouse and the green grass. The reality is … it’s not a farm, it’s a factory. That meat is being processed by huge multi-national corporations that have very little to do with ranches and farmers. There is this deliberate veil, this curtain that’s drawn between us and where our food is coming from. The industry doesn’t want you to know the truth about what you’re eating because if you knew, you might not want to eat it. - Food, Inc.

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JAYA_EOS 5/14/2011 8:50AM

    I know Kathie, it's definitely not easy, but if we ever had to look at things in the long run, it is now. And we have to find the ways how, even if the changes seem insignificant in our eyes, just imagine if everyone would do that "minimum", it would be tremendous.

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KATHIE_B 5/14/2011 7:44AM

    For the past few years we were share-holders in a "Community Supported Agriculture" farm and for about 14 weeks got our vegetable share at the farm. All organic and wonderful. Very sorry to have to drop out of the program but it is expensive and there is so much in a small share that I would spend at least 2 days a week making soups, casserole, etc. and freezing them for winter. Now that I am working part-time I don't have that much time but at least the farmer's market will be open in a couple weeks and I know who I am buying my food from. I will still buy extra and preserve some for winter. We really prefer to eat organic but its hard in a small town.

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JAYA_EOS 5/14/2011 4:19AM

    Well we can do a lot by choosing not to buy GMO food (or cloned food). I know organic food is more expensive and money would be an issue at first, but since bad food will make you sick (sooner or later), you would need money for medication anyway. Like they said in the movie, every time you buy food you get to vote, if you buy sh*t, they'll assume we just need more sh*t. But if we start buying real food,organic food, even in smallest portions, we are saying, give us more of this stuff. Baby steps will be necessary, no doubt, but isn't that better than just settling and letting them poison us?!

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RUNRAYRUN 5/14/2011 3:35AM

    Yes it is called "The Curtain of Ignorance" and we all seem to have it. But at the same time we can't do anything about it. We have to buy food. Sure we could buy a large piece of property and work it, but reality is that we can't.

The same goes for politicians. If they only had this "Curtain of Ignorance" we would all be ok because they would look out for our interests instead of their own.

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RUNNINGPFUHL 5/13/2011 11:46PM

    That movie changed how I spend my food budget.

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RUNNINGWOLFOFMI 5/13/2011 10:46PM

    It is sad what we have become as a nation. We have become a sales gimmick nation instead of a quality product nation. Years ago when door to door salesmen/women existed that only supported quality products that they would put their name on if they could. And they did that because they knew they would earn trust, referral business and a reputation that would create a career. Now we don't give a crap about out products we just try to pitch it nice and sweet and who cares if we screw the customers.

Anyway that is my 10 minutes on my soap box,sorry!

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