Comments on: Food Inc. http://www.theslowcook.com/2009/06/21/food-inc/ An urban insurgent's guide to real food for life Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:22:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ed Bruske http://www.theslowcook.com/2009/06/21/food-inc/comment-page-1/#comment-2972 Ed Bruske Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:53:04 +0000 http://www.theslowcook.com/?p=1797#comment-2972 Walter, I'm so glad you read "The Jungle," otherwise you wouldn't be a farmer and we would not be benefiting from your incredible insights into the food system. You're right: The more people who see this film the better. If it's not showing in a theater near you, find a way to get a copy of the DVD and show it to as many people as you can gather. Walter, I’m so glad you read “The Jungle,” otherwise you wouldn’t be a farmer and we would not be benefiting from your incredible insights into the food system. You’re right: The more people who see this film the better. If it’s not showing in a theater near you, find a way to get a copy of the DVD and show it to as many people as you can gather.

]]> By: pubwvj http://www.theslowcook.com/2009/06/21/food-inc/comment-page-1/#comment-2970 pubwvj Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:43:07 +0000 http://www.theslowcook.com/?p=1797#comment-2970 Reading Upton Sinclair's <i>The Jungle</i> years ago is what made me want to be a butcher. You think I'm kidding but it's true. I wanted to be a butcher so that I could make sure food for my family is safe. That lead to wanting to make sure the animal is good (remember BSE and friends) so I raise my own food. Turns out we're good at it and voila, we're farmers. :) Life is a wonderful maze full of twisty little turns. By the way, we don't have barns, just simple, small, open sheds. People are often amazed that one can farm without all that heavy duty infra-structure. It works. We are building a good sized greenhouse though. That will help with winter farrowing which we've done for years outdoors in simple sheds through the winters. If <i>Food Inc</i> makes people think more about their food, about safety, about quality then this is a very good thing. Perhaps we're on the cusp of change. Reading Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle years ago is what made me want to be a butcher. You think I’m kidding but it’s true. I wanted to be a butcher so that I could make sure food for my family is safe. That lead to wanting to make sure the animal is good (remember BSE and friends) so I raise my own food. Turns out we’re good at it and voila, we’re farmers. :) Life is a wonderful maze full of twisty little turns.

By the way, we don’t have barns, just simple, small, open sheds. People are often amazed that one can farm without all that heavy duty infra-structure. It works. We are building a good sized greenhouse though. That will help with winter farrowing which we’ve done for years outdoors in simple sheds through the winters.

If Food Inc makes people think more about their food, about safety, about quality then this is a very good thing. Perhaps we’re on the cusp of change.

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