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Food Inc., buy local - Peter Epperson - 11-21-2010
I started this post after reading the comments about the new Burger King in Pahoa. I feel that the food topic is important enough that it deserves it’s own posting here. I value self sufficiency and I know that this island is well suited to supplying it’s own with food, power and building materials..
I encourage everyone to go to Netflix or wherever you get your videos and rent Food Inc. This is an important movie that goes beyond any left/right stereotyping. The current administration is just as slavish to the food industry as was the previous. The food lobby is very powerful. Although you may see hundreds a different brands an the grocery store shelves there are really only a few food corporations in the world that control it all. And they control Washington too. Burger King is just one more subsidiary of the food industry juggernaut.
I am a capitalist but you can take a good thing too far. We are being held hostage by these people that decide what additives are ok, what corners to cut and how much E.coli is acceptable. They even outlaw criticism!!!!! It’s hard to believe but check it out: http://www.madcowboy.com/01_BookOP.000.html : “Thirteen states, including Texas, have passed laws designed to silence and intimidate those who expose unsafe and unhealthy factory farm and slaughterhouse practices. These so-called "food disparagement" laws make it a crime to criticize food and how it is produced.” Oprah was sued for criticizing the beef industry on her show. She finally won the suit because she could afford the millions of dollars in lawyer fees.
I don’t mean to sound like an alarmist and I am not into giving the world something else to fear, but this time we actually can do something. You vote every time that you buy a product. Buy local. It makes a difference. I’m no purist either. I admit to eating junk food sometimes. I feel that french fries may be a gift from the gods. Local french fries would taste even better though.
I hope that anyone that feels compelled to criticize my comments will do so after actually watching Food Inc.
RE: Food Inc., buy local - Kapohocat - 11-21-2010
Pete, are you talking real french fries made from real potatoes where they cut them, fry them up and serve them right there? Cruz, who had the Lunch Box at Pohiki sometimes, made them that way! Yum!
As the saying goes,
You can have fast, you can have good, and you can have have cheap. But only two out of the three.
Will check out Food Inc. I had only seen the trailers so far.
RE: Food Inc., buy local - pslamont - 11-21-2010
In-and-Out burger in California (and wherever else they are) served fresh french fries with the skins on... you could watch them pop potatoes into the big slicer and see all the little ready to cook fries come out. They also served fresh lettuce and tomato. They made a fortune doing that.
I would love to see more of that here. Maybe someone will start up their own that will become the rival to all the burger-chains.
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RE: Food Inc., buy local - Robin C - 11-21-2010
Netflix has it both as a DVD and streaming. Great documentary. I second the recommendation.
For further foodie contemplation I would suggest King Corn. It is also available on Netflix.
In making health and economic decisions, knowing where our food comes from and how it is processed is huge. This is true for everyone, but is an even bigger impact when so much of our food travel thousands of miles to reach our table.
RE: Food Inc., buy local - csgray - 11-21-2010
Thinly sliced and fried taro chips make a great local alternative to french fries.
I come from long lines of people who on one side had pigs and potatoes as survival food, and on the other side were peasant rye and wheat farmers. As a result I've never met a complex carbohydrate I didn't like, but I am trying to switch to more local grown foods. The last issue of the Hawaiian airlines magazine had some great articles on local staples, including Ulu.
Carol
RE: Food Inc., buy local - mdd7000 - 11-21-2010
A similarly slanted movie could have been made of the "organic" food industry.
RE: Food Inc., buy local - Ryan. - 11-21-2010
Thanks Peter. I've seen the movie and found it very insightful.
RE: Food Inc., buy local - Blakeyboy1 - 11-21-2010
Food Inc. is a brilliant film that EVERYONE should see. Good post and very relevant for us on Hawai'i Island.
-Blake
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RE: Food Inc., buy local - Rob Tucker - 11-21-2010
For practical purposes such a film is relevant to Hawaii only if it becomes more than a mere subject of conversation. Hawaii and Hawaii County are at a moment when action can matter. What will we residents do to chart a better future here? Besides talk?
RE: Food Inc., buy local - Blakeyboy1 - 11-21-2010
Good point Rob. I for one do all that I can to support local business, farmers and other producers. It is imperative that we all do. Food Inc. is an important national film to help people understand the issues and why this is so important. Don't you agree?
-Blake
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