What We're Watching: Cathy

Food, Inc.

This is a documentary film on the food industry. You see how cattle, pigs, and chickens are commonly raised, slaughtered, and chopped up for market in the US food industry and then also how it is done on an organic farm. They interviewed farmers and processors from both camps and also a woman who became a food regulation activist after her son died of E. coli. I grew rather fond of organic farmer Joel Salatin and his enthusiasm for a truly sustainable and healthy way to farm - and eat. It truly makes you think about what you are actually eating (you're eating more corn than you think) and whether you want to continue this way.