If you've ever seen the movie Soylent Green starring Charlton Heston you may think it was just a great sci-fi classic and didn't give much thought of its relevancy to our own world today. Well, I can tell you that from what I've learned about America's food industry, we are not far off from turning into the same sci-fi nightmare.
Soylent Green takes place in a polluted and over-populated New York City in 2022. As food has become scarce, everyone is nourished by eating a product called "Soylent Green", which is in high demand. When one of the executives of the Soylent Green company is murdered Charlton Heston's character is sent to investigate. In the end of the movie he uncovers some highly shocking information about the ingredients to this "food."
After watching the film King Corn tonight, I can tell you that corn IS soylent green. Our government is mass-producing corn as a cheap, fast fix to feeding America. Corn is processed into almost ALL of our food! You may think, "So?" But what you may not understand is that this corn is processed into oils, and sugars (High fructose corn syrup), it gets fed to our livestock as a cheaper alternative to grass making the cows sick, and thus making us sick. Corn is everywhere! Its making us fat, unhealthy, obese, diabetic, and sick! Farms are being subsidized by the government to over-produce & sell their corn to these industries that are destroying human health, the environment, and destroying America!
The final outcome in Soylent Green is not too far off from where we are today. Where's Charlton Heston when you need him?!
