Great Foodie Film! Everyone should see Food Matters

I just watched the documentary, Food Matters: You are What You Eat, directed and produced by James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch. Usually, I don't watch documentaries about food because I don't want to be disgusted by video footage of nasty food. I read a synopsis about Food Matters, and it seemed harmless enough. Many of the ideas the documentary proposed are not new, they've just been hiding ever since the invention of the super market and big agriculture.

I really enjoyed watching this film--it was engaging, insightful, and based in science, not belief. The film mentions some breakthroughs in nutritional science that have gone ignored in the medical community because medical doctors study medicine, not nutrition. This is something to consider when we place so much trust in our medical doctors for advising us on how to live a healthy life--isn't food a huge component of good health?!

Using simple economics, if we all ate local, organically grown vegetables, our retailers would have to buy local, organically grown vegetables in order to compete in the retail food market. We would also be supporting local communities and local farmers. We would not have to ship old food from other countries to feed our families (did you know the "fresh produce" at the grocery store usually has aged for a week before it reaches the store?). However, if we continue to buy cheap, old veggies, our grocers will continue to order them. Nothing will change until people start complaining or demanding something different.

If you have time, you can watch Food Matters: You are What You Eat on Netflix Instant Streaming or visit the Food Matters Website for more information about the film.

Enjoy!