In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner exposes our nation's food industry, with the truth that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of e-coli, the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Meat and meat products should be bought from small farms because of all the diseases spread during mass prodution slughtering of the animals.
The film's first segment examines the industrial production of meat, chicken, beef, and pork, calling it inhumane and economically and environmentally unsustainable. In the movie, they showed you how a hamburger got bigger, fast food chain resturants got larger. Chicken were raised without seeing sunlight, instead of the full lenght of growing, at seven weeks they were ready to be slaughter. The conditions where the chickens
were raised was horrible, very dusty and cramped together in a small space. Some of the farmers became immuned to antibotics, becaused they feed the chicken so much antibotics in their feed, which included corn as an ingredient.
The second segment looks at the industrial production of grains and vegetables, primarily corn and soy beans, again labeling this economically and environmentally unsustainable. I now know why it's so hard to find a supermarket tomato that tastes like a tomato. That's because tomatoes, like so much of our food, aren't farmed or grown as much as they are engineered to satisfy rigid corporate and economic mandates. The food industry use corn in many products. Some items that contain corn as an ingredient is velveta cheese, ketech-up, mayonese, pan cake syrup. Smithfeild is one of the largest distributors of pork in the food industry. Meat packing industry employed cheap labors. Some workers worked very long hours, covered in filth, blood and urine. While working, some of the workers lost their finger nails, get cut because of the heavy machinery in the meat packing industry.
The film's third and final segment is about the economic and legal power, such as food liable laws, of the major food companies whose livelihoods are based on supplying cheap but contaminated food, the heavy use of petroleum-based chemicals, largely pesticides and fertilizers, and the promotion of unhealthy food consumption habits by the American public. According to that law, you are not allowed to say bad things about the food you eat or this food industry. Ophra was sued for something she said about the food, particular hamburger, but she won the law-suit. The USDA and FDA like to make scare people, so they take people to court should you say negative things about the food or food industry.
We all can change this system by cooking and eating smarter, three times a day. Buy from companies that treat workers, animals, and environment with respect. When you go to the supermarket, choose foods that are in season, buy foods that are organic, know what's in your food, read labels. Know what to buy. The average meal travels 1500 miles from the farm to the supermarket. Buy goods that are grown locally. Shop at famers' market, plant a garden. Cook a meal with your family and eat together. Everyone has a right to healthy food. Make sure your farmers' market takes food stamps. Ask your school board to provide healthy school lunches. If you say grace, ask for food that will keep us, and the planet healthy. We all can change the world with every bite.
The film's first segment examines the industrial production of meat, chicken, beef, and pork, calling it inhumane and economically and environmentally unsustainable. In the movie, they showed you how a hamburger got bigger, fast food chain resturants got larger. Chicken were raised without seeing sunlight, instead of the full lenght of growing, at seven weeks they were ready to be slaughter. The conditions where the chickens
were raised was horrible, very dusty and cramped together in a small space. Some of the farmers became immuned to antibotics, becaused they feed the chicken so much antibotics in their feed, which included corn as an ingredient.
The second segment looks at the industrial production of grains and vegetables, primarily corn and soy beans, again labeling this economically and environmentally unsustainable. I now know why it's so hard to find a supermarket tomato that tastes like a tomato. That's because tomatoes, like so much of our food, aren't farmed or grown as much as they are engineered to satisfy rigid corporate and economic mandates. The food industry use corn in many products. Some items that contain corn as an ingredient is velveta cheese, ketech-up, mayonese, pan cake syrup. Smithfeild is one of the largest distributors of pork in the food industry. Meat packing industry employed cheap labors. Some workers worked very long hours, covered in filth, blood and urine. While working, some of the workers lost their finger nails, get cut because of the heavy machinery in the meat packing industry.
The film's third and final segment is about the economic and legal power, such as food liable laws, of the major food companies whose livelihoods are based on supplying cheap but contaminated food, the heavy use of petroleum-based chemicals, largely pesticides and fertilizers, and the promotion of unhealthy food consumption habits by the American public. According to that law, you are not allowed to say bad things about the food you eat or this food industry. Ophra was sued for something she said about the food, particular hamburger, but she won the law-suit. The USDA and FDA like to make scare people, so they take people to court should you say negative things about the food or food industry.
We all can change this system by cooking and eating smarter, three times a day. Buy from companies that treat workers, animals, and environment with respect. When you go to the supermarket, choose foods that are in season, buy foods that are organic, know what's in your food, read labels. Know what to buy. The average meal travels 1500 miles from the farm to the supermarket. Buy goods that are grown locally. Shop at famers' market, plant a garden. Cook a meal with your family and eat together. Everyone has a right to healthy food. Make sure your farmers' market takes food stamps. Ask your school board to provide healthy school lunches. If you say grace, ask for food that will keep us, and the planet healthy. We all can change the world with every bite.
