Documentaries

[FlashLackey]

"China’s Unnatural Disaster" is heartbreaking and difficult to watch. Though, important for the world to see what is going on there, imo.

[WannaBe_80z]

Just found The Bridge on hulu. I am finding a ton of good movies on there. I haven't watched this yet but heard it is really good.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/95971/the-bridge

[Loyal Rogue]

Food Inc.

Available for instant download if you have Netflix.

You will never look at your plate of food in the same way again.
Excellent for losing some weight.

[FlashLackey]

Food Inc.

Available for instant download if you have Netflix.

You will never look at your plate of food in the same way again.
Excellent for losing some weight.

Thank you for the recommendation.

Lots of good information there. I appreciate that their primary call to action is for consumers to make different choices regarding what they buy. The organics guy selling in Wal-mart has it right. You can't pretend that economics don't matter.

I did think that it was a little one-sided in ways though. A lot of good has come from both mass production and genetic engineering of food. Produce has been developed that is more resistant to harmful parasites for example. Hunger and starvation are still a problem in many parts of the world, even though mass food production has ultimately solved it here. Efficiency remains important from a humanitarian perspective.

A lot of things undoubtedly need to be fixed. We just shouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater either.

[Loyal Rogue]

I did think that it was a little one-sided in ways though. A lot of good has come from both mass production and genetic engineering of food.

I agree.
I'm not entirely against either mass production or genetic engineering itself.
When done correctly and responsibly the benefits are tremendous.
The real problem lies in when they start sacrificing safety and health standards for sheer production numbers.

[FlashLackey]

I think the authors premise is right. A major tenet of the free market system is that all parties in a transaction know what they are getting in an exchange. People, as consumers of food, have a right to know what they are paying for. Otherwise, it's a fraudulent transaction.

The farm subsidy situation is also an example of unintended (at least initially) consequences of government intervention in industry.

[Frets]

So, How many of your lawyers looked at your credit card agreement before you signed it. As opposed to the number of lawyers it took to draft the agreement. How long was arbitration process? Did you get them to consign or amend the agreement specific to your needs?

[FlashLackey]

It's not a sellers fault if they provide full disclosure of what they are selling and a person chooses to not examine it and buy anyway.

You get the terms when you receive a credit card. You often don't know a lot about the food you buy other than that it's "beef" or "pork".