Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It | Date: 28 April 2011, 07:01
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Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It
By Participant Productions, Karl Weber
* Publisher: PublicAffairs
* Number Of Pages: 336
* Publication Date: 2009-05-04
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1586486942
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781586486945
Product Description:
Food, Inc. is guaranteed to shake up our perceptions of what we eat. This powerful documentary deconstructing the corporate food industry in America was hailed by Entertainment Weekly as “more than a terrific movie—it’s an important movie.” Aided by expert commentators such as Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, the film poses questions such as: Where has my food come from, and who has processed it? What are the giant agribusinesses and what stake do they have in maintaining the status quo of food production and consumption? How can I feed my family healthy foods affordably?
Expanding on the film’s themes, the book Food, Inc. will answer those questions through a series of challenging essays by leading experts and thinkers. This book will encourage those inspired by the film to learn more about the issues, and act to change the world.
Summary: A Companion to a movie about our freedoms as Americans
Rating: 5
Picture a sheppard dog punching out a time clock(our fathers' generation). Now the guard is changing - our generation is going to have the sheep(the people) protected by... wait/he's punching in the time clock/WOW! He's back dating it!!! ...(ZOOM IN)... It's a Wolf in government's clothing.
There are three parts to this superb compilation of writers who are intrinsic/intimate to the inner/outer workings in the incipient indusrialization of our food: Part one/THE FILM, Part two/INSIDE THE FOOD WARS, Part three/WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
The best way to describe it (other than it digs down into the bare bones of this dirty business) is the way the film maker got involved himself; with the help of Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollen, and many others, as he describes in his chapter: Exploring the Corporate Powers Behind the Way We Eat: The Making of FOOD, INC.
He tells of setting out to make a film about food & then inexplicably, runs into an iron curtain separating him from seeing where the food comes from?. So he decides to: matter-of-fact state when companies(many household names)refuse to let the public know what they are in fact buying.
He finds sickness from contaminated food on the rise, as lobbying power cripple efforts to police the industry/a matter of public safety.
He finds that although the government provides inspectors to protect consumers, their authority is waning as the government gives greater responsibility to self-regulation.
Unfortunately, the film he set out to make is turning into a film about unchecked corporate power. He is fortunate to expose it. Unfortunate, because it is ipso facto.
He finds the "Food Disparagement" laws that are meant to scare the bejeezus out of you. Oprah Winfrey didn't take this laying down/ but even she had to watch her p's & q's.
Needless to say this is well worth your time.
The only question is...Can you stomach the truth?
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!!!!
Summary: Must Read, Must See Movie ASAP
Rating: 5
I bought the book because I didn't think that the movie was going to play around here but than I found out that it was and WOW!!! The book and the movie go hand in hand. Our lives have changed as a result for the better. We need to know where our food is coming from and when we find out we must make a choice as to whether we are going to continue to poison ourself and promote the horrible things done to the animals, food, farmers and factory workers (when we buy these things we are promoting them) or make the changes and only eat what we grow ourselves without pesticides and such, organic, and from farmers who are raising happy cows, chickens etc that are eating what they should and treated with respect. I look forward to feeling good when I am old due to making the changes necessary so than I will not have the cost of meds (not that I would use them) to treat the illnesses I get due to poor diet. We will never eat fast food again or buy meat from the grocery store now that we know what we are actually eating (feces, ammonia, hormones and antibiotics to name a few). Ignorance is not bliss. Americans are poisoned and you can see by looking around you at all the health problems. Go see the movie (documentary) and get the book because the books always have more in them. It actually cost less to eat healthy when you consider the cost later in life from eating badly, it cost your health and money because you have to now treat your health problems with expensive meds. Choose your health over your cravings please. God provided us with things that grow naturally. Fruits, veggies, nuts, grains etc and we don't need poisonous pesticides. Meat is good if it is humanely slaughtered and feed the right diet minus the hormones and antibiotics. Support the local farmers. Here is the link to see the trailer for the [...]
Summary: You really need to read this even if you did not see the movie!
Rating: 5
I think if we all were more educated on the impact food has on the environment and our own health we would have a stronger voice with the food industry. This will give you tools to empower yourself to help change the food industry into something that is not a death machine set on destruction.
Summary: Excellent Book Excellent Movie
Rating: 5
This is an excellent book to go along with the ground-breaking movie Food, Inc. To read an interview with producer-director Robert Kenner and Food, Inc. participant guide contributor Anna Lappe, [...].
Summary: A solid and highly recommended read for any concerned about what goes in our stomachs
Rating: 5
Industrialization has made everything much more abundant - even food. "Food, Inc.: How Industrial Food is Making us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer - And What You Can Do About It" is an accompanying volume to the recent documentary film of the same name. Discussing the problems and flaws of industrialized food, and what this is doing to America, many minds converge and form one convincing argument. "Food, Inc" is a solid and highly recommended read for any concerned about what goes in our stomachs.
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