Normally not a big fan of political flavored documentaries.

[CJF]

The boy and I were watching Ben Folds in Central Park on HDNet when they ran the trailer for Food, Inc. Since I'm for the first time in my life trying to really be careful of everything I eat, I'm really interested. The trailer looks interesting. I'll check it out.

http://www.foodincmovie.com/

[CardiacCoug]

That looks good.

Anybody else read Michael Pollan's books? They really changed the way I think about food.

[RobinFinderson]

That looks good.

Anybody else read Michael Pollan's books? They really changed the way I think about food.

I've listened to them on long drives. Pollan is fantastic.

[TripletDaddy]

I love investigative journalism/exposes of this sort. While they may be one-sided, they force the other side to respond.

That is how dialogue and awareness are created.

I am a bit confused as to the premise. Are they saying that our food is industrialized and lacks sufficient nutrition or that it is simply over-priced? Or both? I am not quite clear what it is being said.

Notwithstanding, I will likely try and see it to find out more.

[CJF]

That looks good.

Anybody else read Michael Pollan's books? They really changed the way I think about food.

I want to now. Just a little research and he appears to be a brilliant mind and well respected. I've created terrible habits out of laziness and a stubborn attitude. It has been difficult to change. Things like this with all the logic and just enough of the scare factor to make it stick are very helpful to someone like me.

[CJF]

I love investigative journalism/exposes of this sort. While they may be one-sided, they force the other side to respond.

That is how dialogue and awareness are created.

I am a bit confused as to the premise. Are they saying that our food is industrialized and lacks sufficient nutrition or that it is simply over-priced? Or both? I am not quite clear what it is being said.

Notwithstanding, I will likely try and see it to find out more.

My take from the trailer was that the food lacks sufficient nutrition and our food makers are in it for cash and not the long term health of the public. Duh. I think he wants to close the gap between the two and have both the producer and comsumer win. That's what I gathered, but I could be reading way too much into it.

[CardiacCoug]

I want to now. Just a little research and he appears to be a brilliant mind and well respected. I've created terrible habits out of laziness and a stubborn attitude. It has been difficult to change. Things like this with all the logic and just enough of the scare factor to make it stick are very helpful to someone like me.

Read The Omnivore's Dilemma and/or In Defense of Food.

They are very readable and completely changed the way I think about food -- I don't think there is a government conspiracy to keep people fat. But these books explain why foods that are unhealthful are so cheap and widely available.

[CJF]

Read The Omnivore's Dilemma and/or In Defense of Food.

They are very readable and completely changed the way I think about food -- I don't think there is a government conspiracy to keep people fat. But these books explain why foods that are unhealthful are so cheap and widely available.

I guess there is a tv version of Omnivore's Dilemma that will be broadcast in October. I'll try to pick it up in the next few days. Looks very interesting.

[Teenage Dirtbag]

There guys were on NPR a few weeks back talking about this film. I'm looking forward to seeing it eventually.

I love political docus, but I'm not a fan of the "ambush" types. If you have Netflix, there are a couple of pretty good ones along these lines that explore what has happened to the food supply. King Corn is a really good one. Killer at Large is really good, too, if you can get past the first 5 minutes, where they show a 12 year old girl getting lipo.