What does an Oregon farm boy think of Food, Inc? Nicholas Kristof tells us in the NYT. He really nails it when he says:
Over the years, though, I've become nostalgic for an occasional bug in my salad, for an apple that feels as if it were designed by God rather than by a committee. More broadly, it has become clear that the same factors that impelled me toward factory-produced meat and vegetables - cheap, predictable food - also resulted in a profoundly unhealthy American diet.
I've often criticized America's health care system, and I fervently hope that we're going to see a public insurance option this year. But one reason for our health problems is our industrialized agriculture system, and that should be under scrutiny as well.
Big Ag has been all over the Internet, saying how this movie is anti-farmer and its views are unrealistic about agriculture. Well, there you have it. Nicholas Kristof, self-described Oregon farm boy, agrees with the views communicated in the film. Of course, one farmer-turned-columnist can't speak for all farmers, but I am grateful that somebody with as much credibility as Kristof and a platform as big as the New York Times is showing that Big Ag does not represent all farmers (as they claim to do). |
