<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Food Inc. Director Robert Kenner speaks on the ills of the food system]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Sophy http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-26-food-inc-kenner/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:08:48 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-26-food-inc-kenner/1 Great interview. I especially enjoyed Kenner's ideas about hiding the GMO's and cloned animal products from the public. If companies like Monsanto are going to say these are the things that will save the world, why not let the world know that they are in all of the food that we eat. Why not sing their praises from the mountaintops? It is such a strange contradiction, as if deep down they know it's not quite right. I also think it's so important to draw a paralell between the food we eat and healthcare expenses. It's  something that people don't think about, "How will this bag of doritos that I eat everyday affect me"? Then when they get sick, they wonder why.

]]> Great interview. I especially enjoyed Kenner's ideas about hiding the GMO's and cloned animal products from the public. If companies like Monsanto are going to say these are the things that will save the world, why not let the world know that they are in all of the food that we eat. Why not sing their praises from the mountaintops? It is such a strange contradiction, as if deep down they know it's not quite right. I also think it's so important to draw a paralell between the food we eat and healthcare expenses. It's  something that people don't think about, "How will this bag of doritos that I eat everyday affect me"? Then when they get sick, they wonder why.

]]> Comment #2 by Mad Chemist http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-26-food-inc-kenner/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:02:21 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-26-food-inc-kenner/2 GMOs and cloned animals are hidden from the public because many people have an irrational fear of them.  If people made informed rational decisions on this, there would be no need to hide this information.


Monsanto doesn't go around forcing farmers to use their seeds.  Farmers have a choice.  Farmer use GMO seeds because they save them time, energy and money.


]]> GMOs and cloned animals are hidden from the public because many people have an irrational fear of them.  If people made informed rational decisions on this, there would be no need to hide this information.


Monsanto doesn't go around forcing farmers to use their seeds.  Farmers have a choice.  Farmer use GMO seeds because they save them time, energy and money.


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