We watched this the other night, and wow, it was amazing! We already try to buy local/organic/grass-fed, etc (we are trying to be as TF as possible), but with prices, we find it really hard to stick to that when it comes to our meat. DH has been on board for a long time, but he has not been totally convinced that we
need to buy the "expensive" meat, or join a CSA for a local-ish farm that raises poultry and pork. Seeing this movie changed all of that for him, and now we're 100% on the same page!
I loved Polyface Farms. Sure, I wasn't thrilled to see chickens being culled, but there really isn't another way to do it, and it's a fact of life. I loved everything that farmer had to say, and it was really cool how it explained the role of every animal on the farm.
We'll be re-evaluating our grocery budget, and making the necessary changes to not only be able to speak with our dollars (which we already try to do anyway, but we know that we have a long way to go), but protect our family from the very scary things that go on in the corporate world of food.
ETA: Did anyone see the deleted scenes? There was a great scene with the Polyface Farms guy where he said a bunch of important stuff, but the entire time, there was a cat licking itself right behind him. I'm guessing that's why it didn't make it into the film.
And im not even vegetarian, I just love animals.
for $9.99!
