The power of Food Inc

A couple weeks ago I watched the movie Food Inc. I highly recommend this to everyone. The movie describes how food goes from the farm to our table. While I had read both Fast Food Nation and The Food Revolution, something about seeing the processes described in those books just stood out. For example, chicken farms. I knew chickens grew faster and were all similar sizes to allow for assembly line cleaning. OK, breading . However, the consequences I had never thought about. The chickens grow so fast they can’t walk! The movie goes on to talk about the monopoly that Monsanto’s biotech has on crops and lack of labeling and power of the USDA. One of the important messages in the movie is you have the power to make changes by controlling your purchases. Something I thought about but never enough. Wal-Mart is placing a large effort on environment and organic foods. Does anyone thick this is because they want to support the environment and push a big green campaign? No, it’s because the market is growing and they want your cash. At the end of the day, you vote every time you make a purchase. Do you want free-range chickens or those that grow so fast and so close they can’t walk? Do you want hormones in your food? The choice is yours but I know my buying habits are changing.