The movie Food, Inc. is shaking up our perceptions of what we eat. This powerful documentary deconstructing the corporate food industry in America has been hailed by Entertainment Weekly as "more than a terrific movie-it's an important movie."
Now, this unique companion book explores the challenges raised by the movie in fascinating depth through thirteen essays, most of them written especially for this book, and many by experts featured in the film. Highlights include:
Eric Schlosser on the industrialization of our food supply
Michael Pollan on the benefits of locally-sourced, organic eating
Robert Kenner, director, on the making of Food, Inc.
Marion Nestle on sorting out food facts from fictions
Anna Lappe on how the U.S. food system promotes global warming
Muhammad Yunus on the global impact of food industrialization
Joel Salatin on how to declare your independence from industrial food
Gary Hirshberg on how organic food is going mainstream
If daily headlines about food poisoning, pollution, labor abuse, and rampant hunger have left you worried or confused about the foods you eat, Food, Inc. provides the facts behind the problems-and shows what you can do to make a difference. Book jacket.