They say, "You are What you Eat."

Here is the first video (there are 4 more) in a series that talk about "supermarket secrets" - that is, what really goes on with the food before it gets sold to us at the grocery store. Since our chapter this week is all about food, I thought seeing and reading about a few different food related topics might be interesting.


If you want to see the rest of the video, go to youtube to watch the other 4 sections.

And, here is another video that talks about the cruelty that animals suffer on the farms where they are raised for food. I found this video on a website called chooseveg.com, which of course promotes a vegetarian diet, so please be warned the images are a little more shocking.



Here is a short video from the movie "Fast Food Nation," where we see what happens to McDonalds food when it is left to decompose on it's own... Can you believe we eat this stuff?



Lastly: Average weekly food consumption of families around the world

Please check out one of the two following links. They show photographs of families from different countries around the world, and in the photo with them is what they purchase in one week for groceries. The location and the price of the food is mentioned as well. I am interested in hearing from you, which countries surprised you the most, and what sort of conclusions you can draw from these photos.

http://newsociety.com/blogs/index.php/2008/04/10/hungry_planet_food_expenditures_from_aro

http://blog.halbergphotographers.com/2007/12/11/average-weekly-food-consumption-of-families-around-the-world/