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| natesgirl |
Posted - Jan 18 2011 : 09:18:08 AM
I am still seething this mornin from that movie last night! I barely slept at all! I had nightmares all night!
I was unable to see the movie when it first came out. I couldn't find it anywhere. Then my Hubby signed us up for netflix a few days ago and there it was. It was on the instant download list!
So I decided to watch it after the kids went to bed. And I watched it in total shock and terror! I was completely mortified with the info that I could retain.
I have always supected some of the things I seen, but not really believin it at the same time. Ya know what I mean? It's easy to say things like, 'the government is keepin me from gettin ahead' when you don't have any proof and it's more of a cop out type statement. But then when the reality of it actually happenin is right in front of you it's scary. I knew proccessed food was bad and that we should grow all our own stuff, but when it was put in my face just how bad it was I was terriffied!
I may seem cold or whatever, but the mass production of food animals and the mass butcherin didn't bother me. I know that this country demands large amounts of meat and there isn't that many places supplyin it, so that is to be expected. It was the unsanitary proccessin and chemical growth of the animals that really messed me up.
I suddenly realized at the end of that movie what we were really eatin! The meat animals are all sick, very sick. The plants are not just GMO but are sterile. Sterile plants are dead. They can't reproduce, they're dead. We are eatin sick animals and dead plant matter. Livin beings need healthy, living food sources. We don't seem to have that anywhere!
I'm ramblin and babblin. Sorry. I still can't fully grasp what I learned and saw. I am so baffled at how this all came to be and why nothin is bein said or done. I just feel like I'm in shock.
What are the rest of you doin about this for your families? Is there a way to protect yourself without havin to buy a ton of acerage and try to farm it all yourself?
Farmgirl Sister #1438
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| prairie |
Posted - Feb 24 2011 : 5:47:47 PM
It's to bad our government is more concerned about lining their pockets with money from the meat industry, and not how these poor animals are suffering in these factory farms. Cows, pigs etc. should not be kicked and chained in stalls before they are slaughtered. These animals go through so much stress and live a life of horror. And for what? So fastfood places can sell us a hamburger for a buck? It's about time we respect animals.
Anna, The Vegan Farmgirl #595
Being a vegan saves over 100 animals a year.
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| bluerosechicks |
Posted - Feb 24 2011 : 11:03:21 AM
This is my first time on this site and posting.
Yes the things being done to our food sources are appauling.
Some of the things being done in our area to help make things better are CSA's along with Farmer's Produce Markets. Buying from these growers help them to financially be able to continue producing. (They are organic or chemical free producers.) We also buy and barter our goods with each other, striving for the same goals you are trying to reach. (Clean healthful foods)
If you can't grow it yourself try to find people in the surrounding area that you can trust and buy from. Sometimes this is a bit more expensive but, to me, well worth it.
Hope some of this info helps.
Farmgirl Sister #2447
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| knittinchick |
Posted - Jan 21 2011 : 5:35:24 PM
Hi Angela! I saw this movie last year, and it was so upsetting to me. The USDA tells us to make sure to eat our fruits, veggies, and get enough meat product. We're eating chemically processed and sterilized fruits and veggies, and the meat that we eat is cleaned with bleach and is grown with growth hormone. I have decided to try and not support the fast food industry, because not only does the food have terrible health repercussions, but the farmers who grow the meat and produce are treated terribly. Just my thoughts!
God's and Farmgirl's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal.
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| natesgirl |
Posted - Jan 21 2011 : 2:05:51 PM
I have watched several other movies on netflix that follow the same line of thinking; King Corn, Food Matters, What's On Your Plate?, Gerson Miracle, Fed Up, The Future Of Food, and Deconstructing Supper.
There is so much information, but it is so hard to verify. I have been tryin to check out the things they claim on these movies, but even trackin down the names of people in charge of government agencies is almost impossible. I am havin problems with findin the papers they talk about and the research studies. Most are supposedly in website archives, but then you're told the link has been broken when you try to retrieve them.
They are in the archive lists, so they exist, but you can't read them!
I also can't seem to get any response to any emails I have sent to any corporations or agencies. I am only askin for help as to how to access the information that they claim is on their websites yet I get ignored.
This is so frustrating!!!
Farmgirl Sister #1438
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| donnat |
Posted - Jan 21 2011 : 12:31:54 PM
i still need to watch this movie. thanks for reminding me. donnat |
| Arctic Flower |
Posted - Jan 20 2011 : 6:35:14 PM
Thank you Angela, I keep learning so much from all of you. I had no idea this website existed and I didn't even think to look for one.
Bless you,
Marji
Farmgirl #2416
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| natesgirl |
Posted - Jan 19 2011 : 8:38:37 PM
Marji... You could look into this website. It's where I got my sources.
http://www.realmilk.com/where1.html
I noticed Alaska was on the states list!
Farmgirl Sister #1438
God - Gardening - Family - Is anything else important? |
| Arctic Flower |
Posted - Jan 19 2011 : 6:14:13 PM
It's been over a year now since we watched Food, Inc. I was mad too, but it made me reconsider and reorganize my priorities when it came to food intake for my husband and myself. We have 5 acres with a garden large enough for our needs. I just ordered a pressure canner and will start putting up as much fresh produce as possible from now on. I support a local organic farm for extra produce in the summer (we were freezing it) that I will now be able to can. We only purchase organic products from the store and if we can't read the words on any "organic" labels we don't buy it. If it's not in the organic section we don't buy it. I've learned to make a great loaf of bread and make all our meals from scratch now. We don't eat out anymore because of the content in processed food. We eat mostly fresh fish and fresh chicken from a local farm and buffalo in place of red meat when we can get it. It would seem like this is a hassle but the benefits outweigh it. I have lost 45 pounds not dieting and my husband has started eating more fresh vegetables and fruit after being a chips and dip man for years. We think faster, sleep better, never catch colds or flue and generally just all around feel better. Now if I can just find a resource here for fresh milk, I would be a very happy convert. And one more thing, we have passed our movie around to a dozen or more folks that are changing their eating habits after viewing it. One family at a time.
Marji
Farmgirl #2416
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| Bellepepper |
Posted - Jan 19 2011 : 10:19:45 AM
Sherry, I am so glad to read that you have a Jersey cow named Belle. I couldn't be more honored.
I recently ask my butcher (they do custom butchering, beef, pork, deer) where they got their beef from. Was surprised to hear that the butcher himself raises the beef. Can't get better than that. Wish he raised his own pork and chicken.
Belle |
| sherrye |
Posted - Jan 19 2011 : 08:08:22 AM
i was excited to see this thread. i waited till i had a moment to really share. i am so emotionally moved by the bad actions of those in charge. we did give away our rights to choose. we let others decide the standard with which we lived. human nature i think moves us towards the easier choices. hard is simply hard. since i was small and banquet came out with t.v. dinners corps have been running the food chain. there are a few more really important movies to watch. food inc. was the start. honestly THE GERSON MIRACLE and the THE BEAUTIFUL EARTH and FED UP there are more. these helped me be more informed. this made my choices easier to make. those that do not have gardens and such can shop local.i am overly enthusiastic and passionate about how corps. run everything. when the folks running the dairy are in chicago and cows are in milking barns in ohio it scares me. they are in suits in chicago watching screens of cows. they push buttons, thats it. no human contact with cows. they are thousands of miles away. robots do the work. cows never see daylight sky and grass. very sad. i took belle to pasture for the day yesterday. she is 8 yrs old. quiet calm jersey. when we were almost there it was all she could do to go slow enough for me and the rope. when i turned her loose you would have thought she was a calf. running and kicking with her empty milk bag swinging. so i am so happy to see more farmgirls learning what is happening to our earth and our food chain. happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farm girl #1014
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| kathyjane |
Posted - Jan 18 2011 : 11:27:46 PM
I am on my way to growing all my families food, largely in part to "Food Inc.". These corporations should be closed in shame! I wonder if any of the Smithfield or Tyson executives feed their food to their children?
Kathy Jane
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| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Jan 18 2011 : 6:45:38 PM
Oh yeah - it's alarming. I'm currently re-reading Michael Pollan's two books and it just brings it all home again. I'm fortunate to work at an organic grocery store so I shop there and also meet lots of local/organic producers - we bought a side of beef from someone in town last fall. This fall I want to add local pork, turkey and chicken to our freezer.
My job is bakery/cheese manager and you wouldn't believe the number of restrictions and holds on imported cheeses when we have all kinds of crap allowed in our domestic production - crazytown!!
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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| rachels7683 |
Posted - Jan 18 2011 : 4:55:57 PM
I thought I was the only country-fied kinda girl out there that felt this way. While i am very careful about the meat i eat i'm eating more veggie stuff nowadays..morningstar farms and boca. Love to raise my own chickens someday
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| natesgirl |
Posted - Jan 18 2011 : 4:55:18 PM
Alee... I found an egg CSA, a meat CSA, and a veggie CSA. I also found a farm that would be on my way home from the little loop I have planned out to pick all this up that offers cow shares for raw milk! I can make the whole trip in 2 hours and hit all 4 places on one day! The cow share is a little more expensive than I would like, but the CSA's are actually gonna save me a little on my grocery bill, so it almost balances out.
I will be out the gas for the drive, but I think that would be a good little break for me. I could get my 16y/o to watch the other 2 and take a drive by myself. I do like what I'm seein at the CSA's and that it gives me a lot more control over my families health.
I have a large garden that is gettin an expansion this year. I also have a few raised beds that will be gettin a few more added with them. I will be tryin to get ahold of some wild fruit trees from some of my neighbors as well. Hopefully I will be able to get everything goin and set up a good schedule for all this.
Farmgirl Sister #1438
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Jan 18 2011 : 4:11:49 PM
Thank you for the link Alee. I have just discovered a few farms nearby that were on it. I can't wait until summer for some fresh produce again!
Dawn in IL |
| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Jan 18 2011 : 1:23:49 PM
Angie is right--there is a lot we can do, and starting with one step for your family, is a big step towards the right direction.
I buy locally. And in season. I don't ever buy meat from my grocer. We're lucky to have the nation's oldest open air farm and meat market in our city, Findlay Market, but we're also a metroplitan area surrounded by farm land, so humanely raised meat isn't far away and is easy to come by. Don't be afraid to ask questions--ask you butcher "where" the meat comes from? Do they buy local sides, where is it processed?
The same goes with poultry. Is there a small scale poultry farm near you? There's one 2 miles from me, and I live in the suburbs. A family run farm for 4 generations, they're still going strong. Hop online and search--I bet you'd be surprised what you find.
If you're commited to eating meat, and most of us seem to be, then minimize your intake and make the meat you DO eat quality. I walked out of a Kroger store a few days ago because they only carried Smithfield pork tenderloin and Tyson chicken. Um, THE WORST offenders....Paula Deen should be smacked up side her country head for being Smithfield's spokesperson after the release of those video's a few weeks ago, not to mention what they do to intimidate their employees. It's like, "just put some more butter on your igorance, y'all!!!"
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| Bellepepper |
Posted - Jan 18 2011 : 12:48:07 PM
Angela, I bought the movie from Amazon.com several months ago. Every time I have someone here and we are just setting around visiting, I pop in the video. I never tire of watching it and feel like I need reminded of how bad store bought food really is.
Belle |
| Alee |
Posted - Jan 18 2011 : 11:33:58 AM
Angela- I am working towards buying a small ranchette, but in the mean time I am searching out natural food sources and growing as much as I can in my yard.
check out places like www.localharvest.org
I noticed that more and more little places are adding themselves to Local Harvest. I got an amazing organic sort of free range turkey for $25 for Thanksgiving. He was huge! Probably 30lbs! I thought it was a great deal and it supported my local community instead of going to some big agribusiness. I also shop my farmer's market and roadside fresh stands.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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| emsmommy5 |
Posted - Jan 18 2011 : 09:24:13 AM
I watched it months ago and had the same reaction. I cannot buy tons of acreage and farm it myself. I had to come to the place where I would do all that I could do and turn the rest over to God to hopefully protect my family.
It is ceratinly scarey when you really stop and think about it, but I do believe there are lots of small things we can do. A small garden, big garden or lettuce in a pot on the window sill. =)
One step at the time. Supporting local farmers. Growing what we can. Taking precautions with herbs and supplements. Pray.
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