Quote Originally Posted by Total_Blender View Post
1.) We're not living longer, even basic stuff like our infant mortality rate is starting to slide.

2.) We're fatter and unhealthier than ever. Some of this has to do with HFCS and hormones they put into our food. Its mostly true that the fat situation comes down to consumer choice, but its still true that most consumer foods are loaded up with unnecessary junk.

3.) We've created a demand for food that is beyond what our natural resources are capable of sustaining. That is why we are feeding chopped up chickens to our chickens and chopped up cows to our cows. Thats why we need to pump chickens full of hormones so they are ready for the market in 4 weeks.

4.) We're creating a culture where people are disconnected from local sources of food production. People are relying on foods trucked across the continent and flown in from around the world. Not only is this un-necessarily expensive, but in the event of some disaster or something where transportation is impossible, people would be cut off from food sources.

5.) Homogenization of crops is contributing to the depletion of ancestral seed banks and ancestral farming practices. Certain varieties of crops that may be disease resistant, more nutritious, or able to grow in harsh climates/environments are being phased out.

For what its worth I haven't seen the movie, but I do research this sort of stuff.

I don't suppose anyone on IA reads Wendell Berry...
I actually agree with you although im not very well read in the subject. But from what i gather Corporations are basically just taking out all the mom and pop farmers because like you said the culture has changed.

The one thing i think we are vulnerable on national security wise is our food source. Can you imagine if somehow our infrastructure was crippled and no food deliveries were made?

We would all starve to death lol.