Sunday, October 23, 2011

Food Industry and Occupy - What's the Connection?


The Occupy Movement, which is coming soon to a city near you, may have a ripple effect way beyond the targeted financial industry.
 
How's that work?   



The similarity  between the corporate hold on the financial industry and the corporate hold on the food industry will be highlighted. There have been many calls for reform in both and the movie "Food Inc." illustrates how most of our food comes from a few major companies.

Food movements like Slow Food and Why Hunger have seen the opportunity in OWS to get their message out.  How are they doing it? Mainly by providing food for protestors and explaining where it comes from.  So, as protestors eat, they get both the rhetoric and the product along with the satisfaction that every aspect of their movement is in line with their beliefs.  Will this make a difference?  Yes, because their protests also translate to the mirror issues in the food industry. 

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