Food Inc

I just watched the movie Food Inc the other night.  Having read the Omnivores Dilemma by Michael Pollan I was familiar with much of the information.  I highly recommend Michael Pollan's book, he details how government subsidized corn is in all of our food and details the benefits of grass fed beef over grain fed.  A cow is biologically meant to eat grass not corn.  When we feed cows corn E. coli grows in its gut.  Since feed lots are filthy places where cows stand knee deep in their own manure the E.coli ends up in the food supply.  Sometimes E. coli kills people.  Pollan is a commentator in the movie Food Inc which details the E. coli situation and many other aspects of the commercial food industry.  You can follow Michael Pollan on Twitter @MichaelPollan.
Other interesting food facts are given in the movie.  It gives details about GMO foods.  GMO foods are genetically modified organisms.  In one case a company that sells herbicide modified soybean and corn seeds to produce plants that will not die when the poison they make is applied to them.  That way the farmer can apply the herbicide to the whole field and the corn or soybeans won't die. There are even some seeds that create plants that produce their own pesticide so in affect if you eat the plant you are eating pesticide.  Some groups have attempted get the USDA to require labelling of GMO foods but the food industry has some serious lobbyist and the latest attempt was denied. 
I felt I had a good awareness of the secrets of the food industry and this movie was still an eye opener for me.  Some of the practices of the food industry will leave a bad taste in your mouth. 
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