If, like me, you haven’t been able to watch Food Inc yet, you might be interested in watching it online at CBC.ca.
It’s a sobering documentary that examines the food system from a number of angles. It’s also a hopeful one in that it shows how much we consumers can change things by making different purchase choices. Both Michael Pollan (In Defense of Food, The Omnivore’s Dilemma) and Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) contribute to the film, which I appreciate. They are intelligent, passionate advocates for a healthy food system, yet avoid that radicalism that can be so off-putting for those of us who live in the real world of limited time and limited budgets.
Watching this has made me grateful again that I have the opportunity to buy good food and grow a small but mighty garden.
