I just saw the terrible news that highly-respected fantasy author Robert Holdstock has died from E. coli, at just 61 years old.
For a few days now I’ve been meaning to post something about the new documentary Food Inc., which relates in sickening detail how hazardous our food has become. The film profiles a young mother whose toddler was killed by eating an E. coli-contaminated hamburger. This woman subsequently became a consumer protection advocate and has struggled for years to enact common-sense legislation that would restore to the FDA the power to shut down facilities that repeatedly produce deadly food. According to the film, the agro-business industry is so massively rich and powerful that they can stifle any regulation, sue anyone who says anything the industry doesn’t like (even Oprah Winfrey, who lost a million dollars in legal fees defending herself against them), and is even agitating for laws banning journalists from taking pictures of modern factory farms — and it’s easy to understand why, when you watch some of the revolting footage in this movie.
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