tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103468005359152122.post7004111558464372415..comments2024-03-21T10:45:56.362+00:00Comments on Stomachs on legs are proud to present: Food, Inc.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103468005359152122.post-3354331747769490952009-06-25T17:39:17.433+00:002009-06-25T17:39:17.433+00:001 clam = 1 bone, neither of which convert readily ...1 clam = 1 bone, neither of which convert readily to lobsters though I do think that this time of year, lobsters would run you a lot of cabbage.<br /><br />Very well said on the constructed binaries, there M. <br /><br />Binaries are comfortable-- you sort of need them for a Movement, right? <br /><br />If everything is presented as complex trade-offs in shades of gray, who's going to buy bumperstickers and books, much less write their elected officials?<br /><br />They're like models, simplifications of reality so folks can start to understand it and then pick sides.<br /><br />Annoying nonetheless...Mandevuhttp://www.mandevu.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103468005359152122.post-88258351244170730472009-06-25T12:51:58.034+00:002009-06-25T12:51:58.034+00:0011 clams aye? That must be Maine terminology, how ...11 clams aye? That must be Maine terminology, how many clams equals a lobster is my next question.<br /><br />The thing that deeply annoys me about this new food activism is the constructed binary between local versus global, conventional versus alternatives, producers versus multinationals. It's so boring and over done, like reading a first year under graduate essay, all they need now is to throw in a few statements from Marx and then we can all blame capitalism.Dr Maytelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16760526691897320990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103468005359152122.post-38619226357962286092009-06-25T12:20:03.727+00:002009-06-25T12:20:03.727+00:00Yeah, I am planning to see it too. But, I have be...Yeah, I am planning to see it too. But, I have been a little undecided about whether to fork over the 11 clams to see it at the same arthouse that I saw "Future of Food" or to wait until it comes to DVD.<br /><br />Does the film really make the information more digestible for folks who are not already involved in food issues? Fear is definitely one of those hooks which turn heads (Future of Food had the whole scared-of-GMO thing going on). Money's the other hook, I suppose. But it is still not playing in the regular movie theaters-- only the small specialty theaters. Who goes to those except for a handful of specialty people.<br /><br />But how much was the film just restating what the Pollan acolytes already know?<br /><br />I'll see when I see it I guess.Mandevuhttp://www.mandevu.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103468005359152122.post-1937270165174022462009-06-24T17:05:13.712+00:002009-06-24T17:05:13.712+00:00stonyfield is yummy...
interesting comments about...stonyfield is yummy...<br /><br />interesting comments about 'idealism-laden' small producers (is this bad?) and people only caring if they are scaring (about their own families anyway..)<br /><br />I found marion nestle's comments in this article similarly interesting - does 'sustainability'= 'spirit'?<br />We've discussed the hypocrisy of people buying 'virtue' via food on here before, but<br />i guess most selfish people need a spirit-fix to do something selfless<br /><br />http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/21/FDRJ187G2S.DTL&type=foodkinakoJamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13970004949868408674noreply@blogger.com