Food, Inc is coming (we hope!)

Food Inc is coming

Posted: 28 June 2009

On June 19th a new documentary exposing the food safety hazards and corporate corruption of our food system had its nationwide release in the US. The film is must-see viewing for anyone interested in how their food is made and the unethical corporate practices that are hidden from consumers.

See the trailer at: www.foodincmovie.com, and we hope a distributor brings it to Australia so we can all see it!

From the US website:

"In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults."