http://theperfectfoam.com/2009/06/16/food-inc/ Life's Observations Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:24:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://theperfectfoam.com/2009/06/16/food-inc/comment-page-1/#comment-3146 Derek Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:06:07 +0000 http://theperfectfoam.com/?p=68#comment-3146 i watched the movie and plan on seeing it again ... it's chockful of important info. i watched the movie and plan on seeing it again … it’s chockful of important info.

]]> http://theperfectfoam.com/2009/06/16/food-inc/comment-page-1/#comment-1578 rdp Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:25:53 +0000 http://theperfectfoam.com/?p=68#comment-1578 I watched the movie...definitely found it enlightening, though probably in a different way than you. In my opinion, the movie highlighed one of the primary flaws of capitalism, using food as an example. Basically, under the current framework of capitalism, maximizing profits is the sole focus. External factors that should be important to society as a whole, such as environment and sustainability, are often overlooked by these companies b/c these goals may be in conflict with profit motives. In my mind, the solution is for the government to step in and align business motives with society motives (i.e. tax exemptions for environmentally sound practices, etc). The most alarming part of the movie was that the government is actually doing the exact opposite now, by heavily subsidizing corn. This effectively disaligns business motives with society motives. As Dave said, everyone does have a powerful vote when they choose what to buy. I just feel that the real focus should be on government policy, so that we as consumers shouldn't have to payup so much to make that decision in the first place. I watched the movie…definitely found it enlightening, though probably in a different way than you. In my opinion, the movie highlighed one of the primary flaws of capitalism, using food as an example. Basically, under the current framework of capitalism, maximizing profits is the sole focus. External factors that should be important to society as a whole, such as environment and sustainability, are often overlooked by these companies b/c these goals may be in conflict with profit motives. In my mind, the solution is for the government to step in and align business motives with society motives (i.e. tax exemptions for environmentally sound practices, etc). The most alarming part of the movie was that the government is actually doing the exact opposite now, by heavily subsidizing corn. This effectively disaligns business motives with society motives.
As Dave said, everyone does have a powerful vote when they choose what to buy. I just feel that the real focus should be on government policy, so that we as consumers shouldn’t have to payup so much to make that decision in the first place.

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