What's Hot in Documentary: Food, Inc.

If you have seen or read Fast Food Nation, or had the pleasure (and I use that term lightly) of watching Morgan Spurlock stuff his face with grease-laden fries and Big Macs for thirty days, it's been made blatantly clear to you that we have quite an issue with what we eat in this nation.

This year, filmmakers Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein dove to the epicenter of the problem with Food, Inc., peeling back the curtain on both the production of meat and of grains and vegetables. The film, nominated for the documentary feature award, implores viewers to believe they get to vote every time they cash out at the supermarket by choosing to buy locally and organically.

Here's the film's trailer:

Some required reading for those of you who are more than interested and on the brink of obsessed with the big food dilemma: The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, one of Food, Inc.'s narrators, is a must read.