Food Inc. on CBC. Did anyone see it? What did you think?

[rsmith]

Last night we watched Sarah Palins review of her Alaska Series. After the show where she hunted and butchered a caribou,she received derogatory mail. The most interesting one was like this "Why do you go out and shoot animals for meat? You should go to the store where it is made !"

[Happytrails]

There is the problem in a nutshell. HT

[grassfarmer]

Burnt, You make some good points but I would disagree with your conclusion. Most consumers don't want to know about the killing side - that is their choice. We welcome our customers to see any part of our operation and to ask questions on any part of it. We have had some that questioned us extensively on the killing process, how far the animals last trailer ride was, if I waited with the animals to see them killed. I have no problem being open with them and it is a chance to educate them. I have a couple of customers that want the halal kill and one of them does witness the killing process himself.
In your conclusion you decide the movie is unfair in it's portrayal of farmers and farming. I think you totally missed the point of it - the movie shows two sides to agriculture - modern, uncaring industrial or the folks like Joel Salatin. I don't think the consumers missed the point though - we had several contact us immediately after seeing the movie as they no longer wanted to buy any meat out of the industrial production system. That is a good day for farmers in my book.

[wilagro]

Good documentary...I've seen it a number of times...should be viewed by all farmers and ranchers.

Some posters criticize the CBC for showing this...have no why idea why they do this...must not like the truth.

Good blast at Monsanto...no more than they deserve IMHO. I have used RoundUp for weed control but have never bought their RR seed and never will.