This 40th anniversary of Earth Day can be celebrated by watching "Oceans" in theaters or "The Cove" (reviewed here in St. Anthony Messenger) or catching the PBS special "Earth Days" in reruns. It details the history of Earth Day and is well worth the watch (my review here.)
If you were watching "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" on NBC last night, you would have noticed the theme was about the situation of beef in the meatpacking industry. "CSI: Miami" also had an episode on food that I commented on earlier in NCR.
The Oscar-nominated documentary "Food, Inc." covers the same territory, only more in depth, and embraces the food industry (agribusiness) in the United States. I think I have had small portions of beef maybe five times in the last several months because of it. (See my September 2009 review)
The link between the earth and food is essential. Kudos to Hollywood for telling meaningful stories about these fundamental and critical issues that touch the spectrum of human rights and social justice, that are themes of the Gospel.
