FOOD INC. AND MORE

My plea: See it, see it, see it!

See Food Inc. for revolutionary animal farmer/hero/great guy Joel Salatin.

See it for the story of a woman who lost her son to Ecoli in a hamburger.

See it for the true face of factory farms and where our food comes from including how the animals and workers are treated.

See it for the scoop on how Monsanto chokes weeds and farmers with its pesticides and GMOs.

See it to make a difference.

I had quite a food-issue heavy weekend as I also read Righteous Porkchop by Nicolette Hahn Niman, a super read that goes behind the scenes of factory farms and CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations) exploring how they affect the animals and our air, land, and water. I love that she's a vegetarian (who does eat dairy) who married a humane, eco-cattle rancher through her work. The bottom line? Buying animal products from family farms who care is the way to go for everybody all around.

Righteous Porkchop (from an independent bookseller near you).

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