Would you believe that the USDA is actually making it more difficult to sell safe food? Of course you would because everyone loves conspiracy theories. Or at least to be somewhat angry at large, faceless organizations that we actually control through our votes but we don't really control them because even after we vote for someone there are those big faceless and sometimes nameless organizations that are so good at co-opting everyone... well, that's another story.
But a lot of folks watched "Food Inc." the movie version of Michael Pollan's book and some of Fast Food Nation thrown in there for good measure.
For those that haven't, I'd recommend it but, if you are one of those folks that can lose your appetite just by hearing about gross things even though you've been eating them blissfully for years without any serious trouble, you might not want to eat hamburgers again so I will just give that little spoiler alert.
If you watch the movie, you get to meet a guy named Joel Salatin, the proprietor of Polyface Farms in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. This guy is opinionated, well spoken, conservative yet liberal, really fantastically fun to listen to. And he is clearly putting his money where his mouth is. I just wish I could get my mouth around some of his eggs and chickens and the other stuff that the local chefs apparently can't get enough of.
Do you know there's a difference between "free-range" chickens and chickens that actually go outside during their lifetimes? Amazing isn't it! Apparently they taste completely different as well.
The point of all this is this: If you think he's great in the movie, pick up a copy of his book "Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal." It reads like he talks and is thought provoking, hilarious, insightful, challenging and a whole host of other things while still being completely accessible and down to earth.
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