1-13 FB Don and Food Inc

 A talk with a Farm Bureau representative that is sobering. I’m DS…The release of the recent movie Food Inc. along with other ag industry opponents has brought about a lot of controversy and stirred up some ill-feelings. I had a chat with Don Sonke, ADA County FB President and his thoughts are intriguing.

 The opposition’s coming out with these movies like “Food Inc.” trying to put a bad light on modern food production methods and I want to say “Hey…everything was natural 100 years ago and people died when they were in their 40’s, now we’ve got modern techniques and we’re living to 80. We must be doing something right”. Also, less than 10% of our disposable income goes for food. There isn’t anyplace else in the world that comes close to it. 100 years ago the third leading cause of death was diarrhea due to food borne illnesses. You don’t see that anymore.