More fun with the fast food industry

A few days ago, I wrote about the new film Fast Food Nation. It's still in theaters everywhere, so please see it if you haven't already done so.

Meantime, I found a very interesting interview in Grist with Eric Schlosser, who wrote the book on which the movie was based. In the interview, Schlosser discusses the movie, the fast food industry, and how all the various issues illustrated in the film ultimately tie together, and need to be addressed.

Says Schlosser:

The agro-industrial complex that we have right now -- that is treating animals this way, that is treating the land this way, that is treating human beings this way -- has only really been around for 30 to 35 years, and we're already seeing huge costs in health, in terms of the environment, in terms of just cruelty. So this system isn't sustainable.

Each one of us who eats is part of that. If you eat, you're connected to this, and you've got to think about it and do something about it.

[Read the complete interview.]

[Visit the film's official website.]