Agricultural groups from the meat industry to seed companies are launching their responses to "Food Inc., a film that effectively shows if food doesn't come from a local, organic farm and freshly cooked in your home using five ingredients or less, then it must be bad.

Food Inc. is the latest example of upper-income liberal angst that needs to find fault in everything developed in modern agriculture.

From the National Chicken Council comes a long critique of the movie:

"The film also advocates “local” production. That sounds fine until you remember that people in New York want orange juice. Oranges are not grown successfully, on a large scale, in New York. Not to mention rice, peanuts, peaches, pecans, avocados, apricots, dates, figs, kiwi fruit, nectarines, olives, pistachios, and many other crops. Long-distance transportation of fruit, produce, and many other products is a great advantage and allows people across the country to enjoy a varied diet. These days, perishable products can even be brought in from other countries, so that we can have fresh fruit in the winter. Are the makers of Food Inc. against that?"

http://www.nationalchickencouncil.com/…

In another blog, a staffer for Monsanto's public relations department responds to the criticism in the movie that Monsanto refused to participate.

http://blog.monsantoblog.com/…

Meanwhile, do they sell popcorn and soda at theaters where Food Inc. is playing? What about Gummy Bears? Things that make you go hhhmmm?

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