Food Inc. or How Your Organic Box Can Save The World
Food Inc. is a new film due out in the UK on February 12th and what it says about the spin used by US supermarkets to promote factory farming holds just as true here in the UK. Have a look at the trailer:
The film will be shown around the country and The Soil Association are looking for volunteers to hand out information and membership leaflets. You can find out the dates and book on the official Food Inc. site
The film is promoting 10 Things You Can Do to Change Our Food System but it’s very US orientated so I thought I’d do us a UK version:
10 Things You Can Do to Change Our Food System
- Drink fewer sweetened fizzy drinks and cut down sugar in tea & coffee
- Eating in is the new going out
- Support moves to force fast food outlets to publish calorie and fat content information on menues
- Get soft drinks machines removed from local schools
- Meatless Mondays – go without meat for just 1 day a week
- Buy organic where possible, when not possible go for sustainable local food
- Protect family farms. Find your local Farmers Market and use it. Buy organic boxes direct from farms.
- Make a point of knowing where your food comes from. READ THE LABELS!
- Tell the government that food safety matters to you – join the Soil Association and support their campaigns.
- Demand job protection for farm workers and food processors, including improved protection when using pesticides and other chemicals, and decent wages.
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