So I spent the weekend immersed in a little consciousness-raising movie marathon, inspired by my viewing of Food, Inc. last week.
First, the playlist:
I loved King Corn. Really interesting to hear that nearly all the corn grown in Iowa is turned into either HFCS or animal feed. This has just validated my hesitancy about corn. The hard part is that corn is in so much…found this cute image online:
One thing is for sure: any corn products I eat will have to be non-GMO. So, so sad to see the following snacks have to go from my pantry: Pirate Booty foods, Food Should Taste Good products…and the list will no doubt grow.
Honestly, I found this one a little boring but still useful information. Maybe I’ll give it a second viewing another time. I could have been on overload by then.
I really liked this film as well. This one was recommended by a few friends. So I just jumped in without knowing much about it. I, again, learned a lot. Funny enough, the themes of both this and Vegucated (see below) were the same: promoting a vegan diet. The doc seemed to be more focused on the health benefits of a vegan diet. Meanwhile…
…Vegucated took a more sort of in-your-face style, which I appreciated. This doc reminded me of my days in college radio. I became a vegetarian in college (and stayed one for 10 years…and all it took was one cute boy to lure me back to meat…har!). One thing that helped was going to a Consolidated concert (anyone remember them??). Awesome band that were radical activists/vegans. They would attach huge television screen to the scaffolding behind them that showed footage from slaughterhouses, all while they played along. I’m not sure how anyone could stomach meat after going to one of their shows.
Needless to say, I have a very veggie filled weekend. And while I’m not ready to stop eating animal products, these doc certainly left me committed to being very mindful of where those product are produced and how. I don’t envision that I’ll get to this point:
Even though Portland may, in fact, be my new home in a few months! More details on that later.
Six months to 40 