Food, Inc. Still Making Waves Huffington Post

Food, Inc. Still Making Waves
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Even those of us who take our food really seriously were pretty impacted by Food, Inc. when we saw it in theaters (minus the popcorn) earlier this summer. And it's nice to know that the film continues to make waves in communities across the nation...

Sarah Newman over at the Huffington Post points out that the twitterings (literally, too) about the film Food, Inc. haven't really quieted and communities online and locally are still reacting.

Folks are joining CSAs and buying locally and sustainably produced food--just like the film encourages viewers to do. More importantly, it's starting conversations about sustainable agriculture and healthy (on micro and macro levels) food choices.

Are you still seeing an impact where you are?

(Image: Amber Byfield for Re-Nest.)

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My family is pretty resistant to changing their diets or where they get their food from so they didn't even consider seeing this movie or reading Pollan's books. I am the lone vegetarian/veggie gardener/CSA subscriber in the group. My partner is too, but only by proxy. :-(

posted by graciela on September 4th 2009 at 1:16pm
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I live in Seattle, and to be honest, Seattlites are pretty good about buying organic and stable anyway, but after speaking to my local produce stand, they said that the demand's gone way up since Food, Inc. came out.

I can only say that I'm proud of us :)

posted by bfootnovellista on September 4th 2009 at 3:49pm
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Food inc. has drastically changed my food habits. this movie tied together many things I have heard before (horrible conditions of animals, genetically modified plants,the prevalence of high fructose corn syrup, food safety, etc), but ignored. Somehow this movie presented all of this info to me that in a way I understood it as I have never before. I have changed my shopping and cooking habits. I chose Animal, Plant, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver for my book group to read, and will be holding a screening party for the movie Fresh. I can't stop talking about these issues and am finding my friends can't either.

posted by page2 on September 5th 2009 at 8:53am
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