What is The Meatrix? And our rice winners!

June 8th, 2009

The last three books I read were: Nourishing Traditions, In Defense of Food, and Real Food. But I’m a nerd like that! This video, The Meatrix, does a fantastic job of bringing the same message to folks who otherwise not get it. So please, share it with your friends and family, email it to your partner, post it on your Facebook wall, whatever.

It’s about darn time Americans learned where that $1.99/lb. ground beef is coming from!

This past weekend at IIN (The Institute for Integrative Nutrition) we spoke quite a bit about factory farming and the cruel, unsafe and inexplicable system that has come to be. If The Meatrix resonates with you, you might like John Robbin’s The Food Revolution–this was the first book I read that really opened my eyes to the US food system.

Or, go to YouTube for more videos about factory farming. But fair warning–many will be too graphic for most people to handle. I was practically in tears this weekend watching some of this stuff! It’s just horrible and I’m not even a hardcore PETA person or anything.

What do you think about factory farming and the price of cheap food?

So now that everyone is probably thinking “oh crap, I don’t want to eat chicken for dinner anymore” I want to share the winners of my Massa Organics brown rice giveaway! And even if you didn’t win, check out that post for excellent dinner options you can turn to instead of chicken tonight.

I assigned each entry a number based on the order of the comments and winners were chosen via Random.org:

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Congratulations to Michaela, Lydia, Jen and Janet! Please email me with your mailing address so I can get your rice to you asap!

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12 Comments farming, sustainability, where I went to school for nutrition

  • http://prettygreengirl.com/ Janet

    Factory farming is so scary. I feel like people don’t want to know about where their food comes from, because then they’d feel too guilty to eat it. But we should know! Really very scary, and so sad.

    On a lighter note, I’m so excited I won your contest!!

  • Jen

    YAY!!! Thanks so much, Michelle. :) I can’t wait to try the rice.

    We switched to grass fed, pastured beef, pork and chicken last fall. It was purchased in bulk from a local farmer for a great price. We love it! I will never go back to that cheap and disgusting meat at the store.

  • http://fineeats.blogspot.com michaela

    i like winning things! :)

  • http://fineeats.blogspot.com michaela

    oh, and i can’t seem to find the link for the meatrix.

  • http://findyourbalancehealth.com Michelle

    Woohoo to winners!
    (Michaela, The Matrix is the big video at the top of the post)

  • http://naturalbias.com Vin | NaturalBias.com

    Great video, thanks for sharing! Too bad it didn’t mention NAIS and how the government has it’s hands in all of this as well.

  • http://beckyandthebeanstock.com Becky and the Beanstock

    It’s nice that this message is really beginning to permeate all levels of society, and in a number of ways. Thanks for the video link — it will be much more effective with some folks I know than a book would be!

  • http://www.culinarywannabe.blogspot.com Culinary Wannabe

    Gross!! I read a book that discussed this sort of thing once and didn’t eat meat, cheese or eggs for 2 whole weeks. Which is insanely long for me!

  • http://www.fakefoodfree.com Lori

    Thanks for sharing. I have lot more to read and watch! Congrats to the winners!

  • http://burpandslurp.wordpress.com Sophia

    Honestly, I don’t really wanna know, but I know the truth can’t be avoided. We are a sad society of cheap, processed food with atrocious treatment in farming practices. And there’s a price to pay for that. This is why there are so many cases of diseases and obesity in this country!

  • http://fineeats.blogspot.com michaela

    it just won’t show on my computer. darn it!

  • http://notanotheromnivore.blogspot.com Kaylee/NAOmni

    I hope to be back in action now that I have a computer, and am in Boston. I saw this Meatrix thing at a Green food event I went to last year…loved it then and now.

    Kaylee

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