I was definitely pleasantly surprised when I first saw Food, Inc, especially since it's the same producers as An Inconvenient Truth. More facts and less shrill BS than I was expecting. And still, FRESH, I think is an even better documentary.
I adore Joel Salatin for the most part. I plan on emulating his farming practices when I get my own farm.
I regularly get people thinking I'm completely batty for wanting to farm, and for keeping chickens and rabbits. But my chickens' eggs do NOT compare with those sold at a store. Even the organic/cage free eggs at the store aren't nearly as good as what my girls give me.
The veggies I get from my garden are so much better (in taste and nutrition) than what I could get in a store, too. And there's something wonderful about being able to eat something that you grew from seed, planted, labored over in the hot sun, and watched grow (or watched get stolen by your dog, in the case of my cantaloupes. grumble). Pride isn't always a bad thing.