Diet for a New America DVD, by John Robbins
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Host John Robbins, The Author of the best-selling Pulitzer Prize winning book Diet For A New America takes us on a journey into the Great American Food Machine. In his early twenties, in an effort to regain his own health, John turned away from the family owned Baskin-Robbins Ice-Cream business and began extensive research into nutrition and food production. After ten years of investigation and a thorough inside look at the American food production system, John has … More >>
This video weaves several themes around the central issue of our food choices, providing a lot of information in one package. The medical ideas about the role of our diet in heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis are important. Questions are raised about the ethics of industrial livestock agriculture, in a very mild way compared to alternatives such as “Meet Your Meat”. Questions about the sanitation of the meat industry are barely touched on; get the nitty gritty from “Modern Meat”. The energy-reality that the world can support more vegetarians than meat eaters is explained very clearly. The impacts of large-scale agriculture on water quality and water supply are also emphasized. This is a good visual way to draw friends or a classroom into discussion. There are things I’d have liked to see added to this video, but what is in it is very good.
Rating: 4 / 5