FOOD, INC was created by Robert Kenner and made in 2008. In the film, Kenner talks about food production of food in America and the risks associated with it. He also talks about the policies set in place to protect the food industry and how farmers are losing their rights to farm. He also explains GMO and its ownership to Monsanto, a chemical company. He also goes into deal detail about how the top three companies control the food production of the United States. He uses FOOD, INC to show the viewer what’s truly wrong with the food industry.
In the beginning of the film, he shows how fast food companies changed the way food is produced in the United States. Animals are now viewed as commodities for production and living beings. In instance, in order to meet consumers’ demands for white meat chicken, chickens are mass produced with bigger chest to meet this demand. Because of this, chickens get so large to where they’re unable to walk. In addition to this, chickens are also being fed antibiotics to cut down on diseases. …show more content…
Corn is overproduced and accounts for thirty percent of the land use in the United States. Farmers are encouraged to overproduce corn because the government subsidizes it. Because corn is subsidized, it makes it cheap to the public and food companies take advantage of this. Corn products are mostly in all the food on supermarkets’ shelves. Furthermore, CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations) feed cows corn because it’s cheap. Cows are not designed to eat corn, so this leads to deadly E.Coli in the gut being formed. Cows are keep knee deep in their own manure and the manure also contain E.Coli. When cows get processed for their meat, the meat gets contaminated with the E.Coli and it can be deadly for humans if it’s consumed. Also, the runoff from CAFOs can contaminate nearby produce with E.Coli. For instance, there was a recall of spinach because it was contaminated with
In the beginning of the film, he shows how fast food companies changed the way food is produced in the United States. Animals are now viewed as commodities for production and living beings. In instance, in order to meet consumers’ demands for white meat chicken, chickens are mass produced with bigger chest to meet this demand. Because of this, chickens get so large to where they’re unable to walk. In addition to this, chickens are also being fed antibiotics to cut down on diseases. …show more content…
Corn is overproduced and accounts for thirty percent of the land use in the United States. Farmers are encouraged to overproduce corn because the government subsidizes it. Because corn is subsidized, it makes it cheap to the public and food companies take advantage of this. Corn products are mostly in all the food on supermarkets’ shelves. Furthermore, CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations) feed cows corn because it’s cheap. Cows are not designed to eat corn, so this leads to deadly E.Coli in the gut being formed. Cows are keep knee deep in their own manure and the manure also contain E.Coli. When cows get processed for their meat, the meat gets contaminated with the E.Coli and it can be deadly for humans if it’s consumed. Also, the runoff from CAFOs can contaminate nearby produce with E.Coli. For instance, there was a recall of spinach because it was contaminated with