Tomorrow one of the movies that Food Editor of this site, Paul Belobritsky, has been anticipating is being released on DVD. Food Inc tackles various issues within the movie including the importance of organic and locally grown food, foodbourne illnesses, diabetes and obesity, working towards putting nutritional labels on foods found in restaurants, factory farming, genetic engineering, pesticides, farm worker protection, environmental impact, cloning and the global food crisis. It's a lot of issues placed in one film and yet in many cases these are issues that your familiar with and in the end is definitely education and makes you question your food, how you get and the long term effects it has on your body!

Paul and I enjoy eating from restaurants whose menus have organic and locally grown foods. We also enjoy farmer's markets and get excited when we see one! Although these issues were important to me as I have been focusing on them, this movie let me think more about the impact of the global food crisis. Although I don't have children, I have always been a proponent of having healthy alternatives in schools when it comes to replacing sodas with water, soy, etc. In addition, I enjoyed attending a highschool that had salad bars and healthy alternatives. This should be something that is available everywhere (don't even get me started on traveling - some airports have great alternatives while others miss the mark).

Much like King Corn, this movie shows how corn has become the sneaky food that many people ingest in high levels and that it permeates our food by being placed in various forms and fed to cows. This not only increases the obesity but places items within our diet that we don't need to have. Coming from Indiana, I know that many farms were decreasing in terms of the "mom and pop" lots and were becoming corporate/government entities which of course encourages me to support locals as much as possible. If you're looking to understand more about where your food comes from and the effects that it has on you, this is the movie for you! We all need to think about the steps we can take upon examining our intake and to ensure that we are beeing nourished in the right way - education is the first step. Also visit Food Inc's site to learn a lot more about issues and actions that are being raised and implemented.