FOOD, INC.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! It is my sincere hope that you and your loved ones enjoyed each other's company over a wonderful dinner made of healthy, nutritious food. I feel as though I cooked (and ate) for two days straight! But it was both a pleasure and a blessing that I was able to do so with beautiful, high quality organically grown chickens and vegetables. I even made the Pumpkin Pie we all associate with Thanksgiving Dinner - but mine was the Maximized version. My only mistake was making the pie on Saturday morning - it was all but gone by Saturday night. Yes, I did. I made another one Sunday afternoon for our big dinner Sunday night.
Before dinner, our family went to a local independent film house to see the movie, Food, Inc.
This is, perhaps, one of the most important films of our day. I urge you to see it. I have included a short summary of the film, written by Thom Powers of the Toronto International Film Festival. Here's what he had to say:

FOOD, INC.
You are what you eat. It is a simple expression that bears scary implications as you watch Food, Inc. Director Robert Kenner draws upon the searing reportage of authors Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) and Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma) to explore how modern developments in food production pose grave risks to our health and environment. These writers aren’t radicals or even vegetarians (Schlosser admits that his favourite meal is a hamburger and fries), but they are crusaders when it comes to exposing problems and naming offenders. Food, Inc. makes their critiques vivid by taking us into the lives of people who are fighting back. The documentary never resorts to stunts to make its point – just solid journalism, including hidden cameras that reveal unseemly practices. Food, Inc. cogently explains how unfettered corporations exploited laws and subsidies to create shocking monopolies. In one example, we learn how the food conglomerate Monsanto expanded its control over soybeans from two per cent of the American market to ninety per cent in the last dozen years. Monsanto has the legal backing of a Supreme Court decision, enabling them to litigate aggressively against small farmers. The decision was written by Justice Clarence Thomas, who happens to be a former Monsanto lawyer.
Food, Inc. carefully dissects the cozy relationships between business and government in both political parties. In opposition to these powerful interests, we meet people from all walks of life, from a Republican mother, whose two-year-old son died of E. coli poisoning, to the founder of Stonyfield Farm Organic Yogurt, who flouts conventional left-wing dogma by seeing a positive side to Wal-Mart. . . . . Along the way, we hear stories of heartbreak and outrage, but the film carefully channels these emotions towards opportunities for activism. Watching Food, Inc. gives you a strong appetite for better meals.
– Thom Powers, Toronto International Film Festival