This doc was shown on POV on Ch. 56 last Sunday. It's the most chilling horror movie you'll ever watch because it's about the food we eat. The two parts that really impressed me were the ones about the meat packing industry and Monsanto.
The first had pictures of sick cows being nudged with hi-los to the slaughterhouse. They explained how feeding cows corn has led to a very dangerous strain on e. coli which has led to a whole new industry. Instead of making smaller feeder lots which could be kept clean, the food industry has devised an ammonia bath with which it treats beef creating a beef filler.
I also was not aware that the veggie libel laws are very prevalent out west. It is against the law to disparage a food which might lead to loss of profits. Oprah won her case against the beef industry, but it cost her $1 million.
The part about Monsanto showed how it has taken over most of the seed industry.
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