FOOD INC

[piratePenguin]

WATCH IT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKYyD14d_0#noexternalembed-ws

Incredible documentary.

[Aloone_Jonez]

It's probably worth watching but I think us Europeans should note that it applies to the US food industry and the EU has many laws to try to stop lots of the bad stuff that happens in the US, not that we shouldn't be concerned about the quality of our food.

[Refalm]

It looks like the same structure and main story as the movie Fast Food Nation, only without the cinematic, actors and such.

It's probably worth watching but I think us Europeans should note that it applies to the US food industry and the EU has many laws to try to stop lots of the bad stuff that happens in the US, not that we shouldn't be concerned about the quality of our food.

The documentary still focusses on the deforestation for soya plants (which 90% are used for livestock, and the rest for consumption by vegetarians etc.). That is a worldwide problem.

I also get angry sometimes for too strict EU food laws, especially in the case of illegal cheese. But maybe those laws are for the better, after seeing the trailer of this movie.

[Aloone_Jonez]

I've heard all the environmentalists saying that we should all become vegetarians because it's more environmentally friendly as well as being better for animal welfare.

I agree that it's more efficient to just eat vegetables rather than feeding to animals then eating them. However animals can eat things that we can't: for example cows can extract nutrition from grass more efficiently than us and pigs can recycle waste food into pork but the EU prohibits this unless the food is vegetables. I think that we're not making full use of animals to eat foods that we can't, for example has anyone examined the feasibility of feeding animals kelp? Some spices can grow up to half a meter a day and because it grows in the sea, it's not competing with agriculture.

[worker201]

The US has a lot of laws about food inspection too, but that doesn't mean any of them are followed.  Eric Schlosser's book "Fast Food Nation" showcases just how agressive the agribusinesses are about getting around the regulations.  There's more bullshit going on behind the government's back at ConAgra than there is at a mafia safehouse.  It's nice to think that European producers are above all that, but I'm sure they really aren't.

[Lead Head]

Yeah, the current food industry is a mess,  but if you want to read about how really of a horrific mess the US food industry once was, read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair