[Nathans_Dad]

Anyone who is saying that every issue raised in that movie is bunk just has blinders on and their head in the sand.

I am a conservative. I think that is evident by my posts on this forum. As a conservative I saw the slant in the movie. I accepted it and continued to watch because it was a fascinating movie.

Even if you don't buy every point in the movie, there are several issues that ring very true.

It is obvious that the explosion in obesity and diabetes in this country has come with the widespread availability of cheap, high calorie, corn based foods. It is ridiculous that in the movie a little girl wants some pears to eat but her parents say no because potato chips are cheaper!

Could those people eat healthier? I don't know, I can't say what their exact financial situation is. I will say that I see this issue at the store all the time. Why is mass produced milk $3 a gallon where as grass fed milk is $5? It's because the corn is subsidized to the point that the mass dairy farmer can buy corn cheaper than it costs to produce that corn.

If nothing else, the BS Monsanto is pulling with the soybean industry should get every conservatives hackles up.

Bottom line is that I have the means to buy locally. I am not hard core organic, I buy it when I can and buy non-organic when I can't.

Tell me this, though, how is buying from a farmer's market and supporting a local farmer bad? How is it better to put my dollars into a mega-giant conglomerate like Tyson??