Food Inc.

if you haven't watched the movie, you must. before you even finish the movie i'm sure many different things will be rolling around in your brain. as usual, when i watch videos on mass food production, the meat industry, industrial agriculture, i get really freaked out, cry, and get proactive. i've always been proactive with these issues, but i keep learning more and finding grassroots ways to improve my lifestyle.
Food Incis part of a social action website called take part. on this site you'll find a link called 'issues'. pick a subtitle that interests you and get proactive! i picked Animal Welfare and found a link to the honey bee disappearance. the [take part] link on each issue will direct you another site that gives you the opportunity to take part in an action to help that cause. by joining the great sunflower projecti get free sunflower seeds in the mail in time to plant for spring. my job is to identify my longitude/latitude and notice if my sunflowers attract honey bees. if so, when? how many? how long did they stay? did the count increase or decrease? did they leave? if so, what time of year? and so forth. and then email that info back to the group. it's as easy as that. this is the kind of information that is vital to research. if you want to be lazy but still support the cause you can buy one of these really cool calendars for 2010.
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