Last semester I took an Honors course called The Science and Politics of the Human Diet. It turned out to be a full-on Nutrition course. We read The Omnivore's Dilemma as a part of that class, because of which my interest in food/marketing has been piqued. A few weeks back I caught a going out of business sale at Hollywood Video and purchased Food, Inc. My roommate and I made a date to watch it today.
For the most part, I felt like it was a review of Michael Pollan's book. I enjoyed the book, but now that I've seen this film, I feel like what I read was kind of a waste of time. But we all know that books carry a lot more detail than films, so hopefully it was worth it. It just so happened that the movie said everything I already knew.
Except for the stuff about intellectual property and patented soybean genes. That part was really boring to me and I didn't understand it very much. It would have been more interesting to just make a full film out of The Omnivore's Dilemma.
I'm glad I watched it and I think the suggestions for taking action that the end of the movie were very valuable. It's good to see that there are ways we can try to change the system just by making different purchases. We don't have to get into all the mess of politics in order to make a difference.
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