What's really for dinner? You might be shocked

Attend a free showing of the movie, Food Inc., this Sunday, April 18, at 7 p.m. at the La Grange Theatre.

This Oscar-nominated documentary explores the American food industry, vividly illustrating how the idyllic, pastoral family farm that many citizens imagine as the source of their daily meals is a fantasy. Instead, the film reveals that the vast majority of meats, vegetables, grains and dairy products we consume are produced and/or refined in enormous food factories replete with assembly lines, genetic modification and, frequently, unsanitary conditions.

"The Marlboro Cowboys should be riding through cornfields," film critic Roger Ebert wrote in his review of this film. "Corn, in fact, is an ingredient in 80 percent of supermarket products, including batteries and Splenda. Processing concentrates it. You couldn't eat enough corn kernels in a day to equal the number of calories in a bag of corn chips. Corn syrup can be addictive. And then there's fat and salt. A fast-food meal is a heart attack in a paper bag. Poor families can't afford to buy real food to compete with the cost of $1 burgers and $1.98 'meals.'"

Click here to watch the first minutes of Food Inc. online at youtube.com.

Sunday's free showing is sponsored by Go Green La Grange and the La Grange Public Library.

The La Grange Theatre is located at 80 S La Grange Rd in La Grange.