Jonathan Safran Foer (author of the great read "Eating Animals"), despite Stephen Colbert's antics, manages to get some good points in. Considering the size of Colbert's viewing audience, it's just marvelous to see this interview. From the work of Michael Pollan ("Food, Inc.," "Food Rules") and Foer, among others, there's an accelerating awareness in mainstream media about the food we eat, factory farming, the Farm Bill, the environment, and related animal issues. It's a good sign for veg'ns, and possibly will bring some blowback from the food industry. I mean, if Michelle Obama promoting an organic vegetable garden freaks out the pesticide companies, how much more so these exposes of what these companies have been doing to animals, our food, and our environment?
One of Foer's finer points, that most people are eating "tortured flesh" is spot on. Although what Colbert does with bacon at the end, is alternately funny and appalling.
This 5 minute clip will "disappear" on March 9th or thereabouts. IMHO, worth a glom:
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