This was my Introduction to the devastation of the condition of our food source. I will never forget this documentary as long as I live along with many others. I made everyone in my house and family watch this film. I was startling and awaking for me and anyone else who seen it with me. It indeed changed my life for ever.
I tried to become a vegetarian for a few months but that is not the life style for me. I do enjoy the diet of a vegetarian but I cant get the meat cravings to stop. At least I can say I tried and gave it a good effort.
In this documentary they went trough the flaws in our food industry (I put emphasis on Industry). From "Farming" to Grocery stores and fast "food" and also gave some insight on the destruction of organics too.
I do remember one person in particular, Joel Salatin A farmer and owner of from Polyface Farms, He is so on point with his philosophy on farming. His way of farming lasted 100s of years the debacle we call farming today is not going to last much longer if it doesn't kill us first. What is being produced is not food! it starts in a laboratory and controlled setting. That right there is enough to cause a person to start asking questions.
Lets summarize the farming from yesterday like Pollyface Farms, and compare it to today.
if you look up Joels farm it gives you a description on what the name pollyface means and it is the traditional way of farming. By migrating the areas to maintain and replenish the natural nutrients. Rotation of the animals and intended diets based on their biology is what keeps the animals healthy and keeps the land prosperous with nutrients. Crops are another, you buy seeds and or save your own form plants of a previous year. Also what do you use on gardens??? Animal Poop! Would I go to a farmer today and ask for the manure, absolutely not! I would go to Pollyface farms.
Now this is the "farming" that is used more often today a factory is usually the starting process, each livestock has a different factory. Hundreds to thousands of livestock (Depending on the size and type) are kept in close quarters and fed diets not known to their natural diet. When the animals start to show signs of decline then give them antibiotics to keep them alive until its time to go to the slaughter factory on an assembly line.
The process of planting crops is just as bad or maybe worse in my opinion. You buy your seeds from Monsanto plants where they develop the seeds for you protected by their patents, Oh and if you even think about saving their patented seeds you are going to be sitting in court. (A question I have is, to obtain a patent on something it has to be completely different-than, anything on the market or that exists in nature. Yet they claim it is the same as organic corn and other comparable crops.) The appeal to Mansanto seeds are "Round Up Ready" This means that the seeds them selves has attributes of Round up in the DNA and can sustain higher levels of Pesticide treatments and not die to over exposure to the poison.
Ok I am going to admit, I can't even explain it without sounding bias, but I have a hard time conceiving and accepting what the standard is for most of our food in the grocery store. This is a huge fail by our FDA to allow such a disgusting display of normal. Somehow Monsanto's explanation for this is good for people and safe to consume. Yet at Monsanto's cafeterias they offer organic food? That would be like having an abortion clinic inside of a catholic church. Totally contradictory display of your views on your products.
I am smart enough to put the pieces of this puzzle together I hope with more awareness this is forced to stop and return to the healthy and natural way of life style. Mansanto and alike companies fear of confusing the populations is a manipulative way to get what they want. I think that instead of making organic obtain all the expensive certifications lets switch it around. If you want to poison americans you need to obtain these difficult standards and have to label every thing like organics do to distinguish them selves from the rest. Organic should be the standard and what is flooding the market to day needs to be removed because it is making people sick!
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