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i am reading the Food, Inc. participant guide right now.

i have already read Fast Food Nation and up next is the Omnivore's Dilemma.

i can't get enough of this.

i find myself wondering why.

besides the fact that i've always been drawn to food. but lots of people are drawn to food.

i'm interested in what goes on behind the scenes. what they aren't telling us.

it's really a strange thing to read this book. i find myself feeling enlightened, thankful there's a movement to improve the world's condition (particularly the US), but also angry and resentful that things are allowed to be this way.

we are subsidizing billions of dollars for ethanol - when in fact, if we turned every crop of corn in the united states into ethanol, it still wouldn't cover 6% of our annual fuel needs.

that pisses me off.

yet, for the equivalent of a 25 gallon SUV tank of gas, a person could be fed for 365 days.

why don't we know this? why is this ok?

we have a food shortage in the world, yet american obesity is on the rise. two-thirds of americans are now overweight or obese.

that is MILLIONS of people.

the cost of healthcare related to the obesity epidemic is astounding. and yet, we continue to produce the same way we have been.

it has to stop. it has to.

what will meghan be up against? what will her children be up against?

and you could argue - that there will always be some kind of crisis as there has been since the beginning of time.

but really, all of these man-created problems have only existed since the beginning of modern technology, around the early 1900's.

so you can say that it's "always been around" but how much longer do we go before there is no more time to waste?

call me a hippie, call me jaded, call me whatever you want.

but the fact is, the wool is being pulled over everyone's eyes.

we need to move to a more local, sustainable, natural way of living if we are going to survive.

all of these genetically modified foods are not meant to be. they were not created naturally and there are inherent risks.

i want to shout it out but i don't know how to be heard.

so for now, i am planting yet another organic garden. i am a patron of our local farmer's market. i only buy organic. i recycle. i compost. i'm doing what i can, but i want to do more.

i feel like a revolution has to come. it just has to.