Secrets and Horrors in the Documentary Food Inc.

In general, the film focuses on the economically, environmentally unsustainable, and dangerous industrial production of food. It exposes the hushed industry that is controlled by powerful food companies. Now, I saw some gruesome scenes. It was horrible. It made me feel as if I was one of those workers that brutally handled the animals because I eat those meats. My act as a consumer supports and sustains those real and inhumane methods. Then I

The documentary, Food Inc. was found on Netflix. Argument found in the documentary was how negative the food industry treats the animals people eat.

Food Inc, is a documentary made by Robert Kenner, which is based on the book Fast Food Nation, written by Eric Schlosser. Kenner uses a variety of strategies in order to convey the message that our food system harms our health, workers, animals, and the environment, and expresses that many details about the system are hidden from us consumers. The filmmaker uses juxtaposition, emotional imagery, personal interviews, facts and statistics, as well as particular cinematic techniques to achieve his purpose of informing the public about the shocking hidden realities of the food industry. The usage of these strategies makes viewers question where the food they eat every day truly comes from, and question if they can trust the companies which make their food.

The curiosity behind American food production has become an increasing topic as foodborne illness and the obesity epidemic is getting worse. The film “Food Inc.” exposes the truth behind the intentionally hidden food industry in America. According to filmmaker, Robert Kenner, the issue moved its way from the fast food industry straight into the supermarket. The underlying reason is rapid growth of fast food restaurants like McDonald’s. These companies desired large suppliers to provide them with products that tasted exactly the same, which changed the way that beef was produced. This allowed a handful of companies to gain control over the food supply and makes its way to the supermarket. The increasingly dominant food companies in America are disregarding societal needs and are acting in unethical ways toward animals and their employees.

This documentary manages to reflect the reality of humanity today, but is hidden before our eyes for us to continue living in a world dedicated to consumerism and "all for the rich - little for the poor." Thus reflect Food Inc. allows human beings, exposing issues like the handling of animals, genetic modifications made daily, indiscriminate overuse of antibiotics, violations that exist immigration laws affecting workers, constant epidemics of diseases and the increasing rate of people suffering from obesity due to their inability to buy healthy food, the little time available because of their work schedules, or simply the variety of engineered foods, which can be extracted very few nutrients. These are just some of the aspects that presents Food, Inc. to demonstrate how corrupt practices in food production are favored daily, passing over the health of consumers and welfare of animals and natural resources.

Before starting this documentary I knew that there were many secrets hidden in the food industry. I had been aware of some the manipulation that was being done to the food we eat every day. I had seen the division in the supermarket of GMO foods vs. organic foods. After reading chapter eight in our nutrition book I looked into some of the “healthy foods” I consumed frequently. I learned that canned soup contained a large amount of GMOs. For example, the Campbell’s tomato soup second most prominent ingredient is corn syrup. After reading further into the truth about corn, I found that nearly 90% of all corn produced in America is GMO. I began to question how there could be such a push for America’s citizen to be healthy, when the foods we eat are killing us. I expected this documentary to grow my knowledge of how meats are being produced in America. I also wanted

I believe this was a great method of presenting information about how to live a healthier life as well as how animals are treated to satisfy peoples demand of meat. This documentary gives viewers a view of how regular people can change their diet. This documentary also shows that there are people that want to change their diet, but it is not something that can easily be done.; but at the end of this documentary they realize why to them it becomes important to change their diet as they learn way more about what they thought they already knew.

Many of the problems can be tracked to lack of oversight from the USDA. The filmmaker insinuates that the Chief of Staff for the USDA used to work as a lobbyist for the beef industry. The companies that should be regulated have too much control over the

Food, Inc. the movie might well be considered a horror film. Actually it is not a horror film, but it contains information that I certainly considered horrible. Food, Inc.is a documentary made in 2008 and portrays our current “systems” of food production, which includes animal cruelty, worker cruelty and uncovers a behavior by the industry that feeds us that is an overall injustice to our society. This movie along with the movie Fed-Up and the many others address the issues at stake with regard to the way we eat. The movie Fed-Up was made in 2014, with newer data paralleling the food productions to irreversible obesity in our young children. Both of these movies serve to educate us in the hazard these methods are instilling on our earth and to ourselves as we produce and eat food

Each farmer and each of his workers would take good care of every plant they harvested and they made sure the livestock had all of the right nutrients in their systems before eating them. As the farmers were making sure everything was treated correctly and everything was healthy, they were able to take care of their livestock without harming them. Since there were no agricultural technological advances yet, everything was done by hand or with the help of livestock to make farming easier. Sustainable agriculture was practiced for many years until the Green Revolution. The Green Revolution increased agricultural production worldwide and led to commercial farming, which is now the most popular form of farming. Many industries now have abused the power of commercial farming making every animal eat differently than what the animal would naturally be eating used to and they are also making the animals sick before they are turned into products. Food Inc. shows the realization of how badly the animals are treated through this documentary. The animals, such as chickens and cows, are being cooped up in a small building where they have no free space to exercise their legs, thus making their legs frail and damaged. As that is very common in the commercial farming industry, it is animal abuse. Instead of cows being able to roam freely and eat grass as they naturally would, they are being fed corn in buckets so the farmers can fatten them up in a short amount of time. As the farmers are now making the main diet of all animals corn, it changed the way their meat

I would like to call your attention to several important issues raised by the film Food, Inc. Specifically, the farming and food-production processes in the United States have become a national disgrace. By far, the most morally egregious problem is the utter disregard for animal suffering and the casual cruelty inherent in the inhumane conditions used throughout the industry. Other significant issues raised by the film include the causal connection between food industry practices and human health problems, and the complete domination of the entire food production chain by corporate conglomerates. Corporate profit and market dominance are not necessarily unethical; however, it is highly unethical for economically powerful entities to use their wealth to influence government legislators to enact laws intended to benefit those corporations through the lobbying process. Likewise, the degree to which the spirit if not the letter of laws prohibiting conflicts of interest between the private sector and Washington regulators is violated is appalling and antithetical to the fundamental democratic process of government.

Food, Inc., an American documentary film, starts by highlighting the issues of the modern American supermarket, where there are no seasonal food and the meat has no bones. It’s indicated that the transfer towards an industrial food system started with McDonald’s. McDonald’s has a mass demand for standardized food products. McDonald’s is now the largest purchaser of beef in America and one of the largest purchasers of potatoes, tomatoes, apples, and corn. Large food production company in the world has redesigned the chicken. It grows in half the time it used to, with larger breasts. It has also redesigned the whole process of chicken farming. Today’s industrial chicken farms produce a lot of food, on a small amount of land, for a very affordable

Food Inc. is a documentary that exposes the food industry for the true money hungry monster it really is. Throughout the documentary it shows the audience what the large and controlling companies do to keep themselves on top. While watching the video, in class, it really opens the eye of the viewer. It shows the viewer that the food industries really don’t care about their consumers’ well-being. This is seen clearly in the documentary when the mothers’ son dies because of a defective product and the company that created it does not even lift a finger to help out or apologize to and her family. As a result I believed that although food is safer than it was one hundred years ago, I don’t believe that the food industry, and the corporation’s that

In the 80’s advertisement had everyone asking “Where’s the beef”. The trouble is, no one was asking how the beef is raised, and who was handling the beef. As a matter of fact, the majority of consumers still aren’t taking interest in the ethical issues of food. On the other hand, several authors in the book “Food Matters; A Bedford Spotlight Reader”, not only take an interest in the issues, but bring the matters into light. Peter Singer writes about the inhumane way animals are raised, and how there is no need to eat meat or use animal made products. Sally Kohn tells of the injustice way food workers are treated. And, finally Eliot Coleman writes about how the word organic has changed because companies want to create money by being trendy. The ethical issues that concern me most are how the animals and humans are treated by food producers and if these producers care more about the full production of their company than making money.

Konefal and Hatanaka start us off with a very important question, “What is our food?” Many of us may scramble to answer that question, turning to the back of our box of cereal to mechanically read you off the nutritional facts. If we don’t know what our food is, do we know how it’s made? If we don’t know what it is or how it’s made, do we know where it comes from? This article, and the information from two films will answer these key questions.