I just finished watching Food, Inc. and feel even more motivated to become a farmer. It's wrong for companies to monopolize the food production system. The only emphasis is low cost. That needs to change, because quality is what matters. Our food should be raised humanely and ethically, and sourced locally. People need to care about what they eat.
The big problem is that people often choose the cheapest possible item. The cheapest items in a market aren't organic, local vegetables. The cheapest items are most likely chips, and other processed food.
Watching this film, I was sickened to learn that multinational corporations control most of the food in this country. I think agriculture should consist of small-scale family farms, because it would be healthier. The multinational corporations have the ability to ruin farms and farmers with frivolous lawsuits, of which the only purpose is to continue the monopolization.
All of Michael Pollan's books are well worth reading. It's not about food, but I highly recommend his book "A Place of my Own" about building a small structure with his own two hands.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to more of your posts, Ariel -