How Corporations Are Ruining Your Health (Food Industry Documentary) | Real Stories

my mom raised me in nyc, where food quality was bottom of the barrel, because we were not rich. i eventually developed heart disease and diabetes, from over stress, over consumption and just poor food quality and choices. then one day i lost my job, sold my apartment and bought a small house with land and became self sustainable. been growing my own food for years and reversed all my chronic conditions. no more corporate slavery and stress. that is the american dream.

Ironic how it's ok to sit in judgement of those addicted to alcohol, drugs etc but ignore the food addictions that are killing millions.

I was raised in an extremely health conscious home. There was never soda, sweets, white bread, alcohol, etc in the house. I can remember the first candy bar and sweet cereal I ever ate (Marathon bar and Capn Crunch). I wasn’t accustomed to sugar, and although I did like the tastes, I could only eat a small amount. My parents were ahead of their time and in retrospect, I’m very grateful. Oh, and I’m 50 years old and weight the same as I did in high school.

We should strive for the agricultural empowerment of small farms. We need to decentralize agriculture.

"the quality of our food is measured by how it will ship, rather than how it tastes." that's one of the saddest truths of America's food system going back to the 1950s

When I look back on my childhood in the sixties, I am amazed at how far ahead of the curve my father was. His goal was to be independent of the system. He was by no means a hippy. Aside from working full time as a captain of industry, he made our property as self-sustaining as possible. Our garden was organic and he grew enough fruit and vegetables to can and freeze a year's supply year in and year out. He also became an expert beekeeper. As a kid, I never gave it a second thought that what he was doing was unusual. As I grew older, I realized the trick to my parent's success was that they never stopped moving. TV was an accessory not a lifestyle.

I remember going to live in Japan coming from the states and it blew my mind how flavorful fruits and vegetables were. I now try to find local and organic farmers markets anywhere I live

I intend to do like my grandfather when I retire. He grew really large gardens, and for the excess, he would leave large baskets in front of the house with a sign that said 'free,' And boy, did the people take them. Corn, squash, tomatoes, green beans, peas, peppers, cabbage, melons, lettuce.....

There is a lot of money in keeping people sick.

I remember when i moved to america from Ukraine in 2005 .. I was wondering why vegetables from the grocery stores had no taste !!!!

I have been a small, family farmer for 46 years. The local 'town markets' that I supplied became swamped with retailers pedalling cheap factory farm 2nd grade produce. The result was that about half of the shoppers moved to the retailers. The trouble for me now is being seen by my former customers who ask when am I coming back? They miss the delicious produce. The moral of the story is 'if it's better for you, pay a premium for it.' If you think the small 'love your land' farmer should sell you cheap produce, go back to the supermarket. In a few years you will need to visit the medical centre to spend your savings. I do miss my good customers. I'm sorry. Dave

PLEASE never give up striving to help the small farmers to keep healthy soils and grow organic, life sustaining veggies!

The best tasting carrots and potatoes that I have ever eaten in my life were those I grew in my garden.

As a farmer if people would just buy from us farmers everything would work out

when I started growing tomatos, it was very noticeable how the grocery store ones had no flavor. I tried buying the organic tomatos and they also had not flavor. the ones I grew were delicious. I took some to work and people were eating them like grapes. they asked me to bring more.

This needs to be taught in schools, we need lawyers a few times in our lives but we need farmers every day.

Also note: buyer beware at the farmer's market. Some of it is genuine, local organic and some of it is just marked-up off-the-shelf produce. Make sure you ask questions.

I was fortunate to have a mom who came from a farming family. Her sister stayed on the farm her entire life and had a huge kitchen garden between the house and barn and grew the most delicious vegetables and fruits. The taste difference is amazing between corporate grown crap and what naturally grown fruits and veggies should taste like. I wish everyone could experience naturally grown foods.

It's bizarre to think that my mom always cooked for us when I was a kid in the 60s and 70s, but for some reason I thought TV dinners were more interesting. One can definitely develop an eye and taste for bad food, so don't get started on it.

I swear there was one narrator back in the day who lived for a hundred years and did everything