Film Analysis: Food Inc.

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The documentary Food Inc. ,shows how many food industries such as McDonalds and others alike control 80% of the beef industry. Many of consumers are left wondering what food industries are hiding.Many former employees of companies such as Tyson are breaking the silence about the place they worked at , providing the world with an inside look on the unsanitary and harsh treatment of animals with secret video footage shot by a hidden camera. Approximately 8.5 billion chickens are killed for their meat every year, many living in extremely harsh conditions. Thousands of chickens are packed into dark, poorly ventilated houses, hundreds of thousands of cattle are stocked in dry feed lots, and fruits and vegetables don't have growing seasons any more because of genetic engineering. Companies control everything that farmers do many times getting them into legal trouble leading to a loss of everything the farmer has . Doesn't this seem wrong?
One thing , that really stuck out to me during the documentary was that
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Since most companies mass produce, they have numerous farm animals. In this case, not all of the animals are being treated well. Numerous videos of people going undercover at these farms and factories shows employees hurting and sexually abusing animals. Many companies such as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) have sued companies because of hidden cameras exposing video of employees mistreating and mishandling animals. On October 27, 2015 an anti-animal cruelty group said it had secretly recorded Tyson Foods workers punching, throwing and pulling the heads off of live broiler chickens at one of the mega meat producer's plants in Mississippi where up to 2.5 million chickens are

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