The powerful documentary, Food Inc., hit the nations screens in the last week or two, and stomachs and minds are surely turning in its wake. The film exposes the toxic, science fictiony landscapes and techoscapes of of the US food industry. There is a special place in hell reserved for the engineers, scientist and businessmen who have put this techno nightmare together — based on their treatment of animals alone, before we even speak of the immeasurable human suffering and pain. And, please, spare us the “we all share responsibility for this debacle” noise we got when the economy melted down. Most of us had nothing to do with this. This is market fundamentalism, money power and techno culture crossbreeding and spiraling out of control.
For sometime now I have been reading and hearing spoken accounts of frightening concentrations of technological and economic power in the US food system, but Food Inc. brings you stunning visual evidence of this economic, ecological and spiritual tragedy. There are scenes in the film that are too much to endure. The film hammers home the fact that our food system is in an extremely precarious state of ownership and control concentration. It could collapse biologically and/or economically at any moment. Like the millions of pigs and cows in the vast feedlots of the US, we are in deep shit.
Try to enjoy the summer solstice times and think about change.
