Food Inc. addresses the factual evidence that the public is restricted to see regarding the production of meats in food industry. The documentary starts by showing how most food has a false reality reputation. For example, on most of the butter and meats packaging is pictures of an agrarian lifestyle with fresh farms and sunny skies. The “traditional pastoral fantasy” is all a myth. The actual way food is kept and produced in these industries is completely opposite than what the owners of the industry's want the public to believe. Do people not realize that grocery stores have all fruits and vegetables available, regardless if they are in season or not? This can occur due to the mass production of the food industries. They are able to produce
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It is believe that the start of mass production organized in the food industry by fast food restaurants like mcdonalds. Mcdonalds was a quicker way to make inexpensive food that the public liked. In order to have the supplies needed, fast food chains wanted large amounts of fruits, vegetables, potatoes and meats. In order for companies to keep up with the demand of food, animals and fruits were modified to be bigger and more valuable. For example, it was stated in the documentary that from 1950 to 2000, chickens have almost doubled in size and obtain that size in half the time as normal farm …show more content…
Most the the time, the chickens at the industries could not stand for more than a few seconds because their bodies go so large in such a short amount of time that h=thy can not hold the weight of their own bodies. Furthermore, the food industries do not care about the wellbeing of the animals, rather they care about producing a large amount of food on a small amount of land. Many chickens die at the industries because of abuse, neglect and the effects of the antibiotics put in their food to make them grow larger quicker. Additionally, the company Tyson is the biggest meat packing industry around. The company has 300,000 chickens that are kept in small dark pens to the point where chickens are dying due to their inadequate living situation. Most of the chickens live their entire lives never seeing the sun. Chickens are not the only animals abused in the food industry. Almost all animals mass produced are abused and neglected for the sake of money and keeping the public satisfied, yet in the dark about what really occurs when food is produced. Over all, Food Inc. accurately displayed the secrets behind closed doors of mass production food
It is believe that the start of mass production organized in the food industry by fast food restaurants like mcdonalds. Mcdonalds was a quicker way to make inexpensive food that the public liked. In order to have the supplies needed, fast food chains wanted large amounts of fruits, vegetables, potatoes and meats. In order for companies to keep up with the demand of food, animals and fruits were modified to be bigger and more valuable. For example, it was stated in the documentary that from 1950 to 2000, chickens have almost doubled in size and obtain that size in half the time as normal farm …show more content…
Most the the time, the chickens at the industries could not stand for more than a few seconds because their bodies go so large in such a short amount of time that h=thy can not hold the weight of their own bodies. Furthermore, the food industries do not care about the wellbeing of the animals, rather they care about producing a large amount of food on a small amount of land. Many chickens die at the industries because of abuse, neglect and the effects of the antibiotics put in their food to make them grow larger quicker. Additionally, the company Tyson is the biggest meat packing industry around. The company has 300,000 chickens that are kept in small dark pens to the point where chickens are dying due to their inadequate living situation. Most of the chickens live their entire lives never seeing the sun. Chickens are not the only animals abused in the food industry. Almost all animals mass produced are abused and neglected for the sake of money and keeping the public satisfied, yet in the dark about what really occurs when food is produced. Over all, Food Inc. accurately displayed the secrets behind closed doors of mass production food