Factory Farm Foods
Over the weekend Lauren and I finally checked out Food, Inc. It has been setting in our Netflix queue for a while. It is a documentary about the dangers of our nation’s growing food industry and the health risks associated with it. The film focuses on the contrasts between two types of farms our food comes from today. Factory farms that mass produce most of our meats and dairy products using “food science technology” like growth hormones. Traditional “organic” farms raising animals in their natural environments without additional stimulants and additives. Food, Inc. goes beyond the obvious nutritional differences of these two methods while also highlighting the political, financial and ethical issues involved.
Lately you can’t watch anything on TV or visit many websites without being blasted with some type of ad or trailer for the movie Avatar. In fact I have mostly ignored all the hype and noise surrounding this movie since I first saw the trailer last summer. I remember thinking to myself in the theater “here we go again. another CGI action fest”. The only thing that made it stand out a little was its release date of Christmas instead of summer when most of these type films are released. I was also confused because I first thought this movie Avatar was somehow related to the Japanese anime series by the same name. After seeing more trailers that theory never matched up. Finally, last week I broke down and decided to do more research. The results of which I will share with you now.
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