The documentary, Food, Inc. was very informative and eye-opening in many ways. American food consumers are highly unaware of what they are really eating, whether they think they are or not. It takes a lot of educational background of the food industry and it’s processes to get an understanding of how their food is actually produced. Although, trying to understand these processes is difficult because of the restricted amount of information by the food industries. Even when attempting to investigate for a documentary, there are various avenues to overcome, and still many not allowable ones to get past or reveal any facts. I believe “voting with your fork” is compelling and problematic because Americans can make a change if they want to, but they
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This not only has controlled the chicken, it has controlled the farmers. Manufacturers believe they are producing food, not chickens; they are just meeting a quota of having to have all of the chickens the same size and the same efficiency. In the film, the producers stated, “the modern American supermarket has about 47,000 products on average, there are not seasons in the supermarkets, and tomatoes are sold all year long because they are injected with gas to keep them looking ripe out of season”. They say the meat isle has no bones anymore, and Tyson chicken is a big contributor to this and the chicken products sold. Tyson correlates with farmers by giving them contracts on what they have to do to produce their chicken and specifically what must be done, though they do not publicly admit to what really goes on behind closed doors. From the farmers in Kentucky, they say the chickens never see sunlight, they grow in the dark (which is not natural). One lady who still farms chickens the artificial way explained how the way chickens are being grown in general now is inhumane because industries are forcing their growth to be extremely fast and bigger than normal. This causes the chickens to become unstable because their organs cannot catch up with their body size growth, causing them to fall over often. Tyson denied interviewing with the documentary crew and would not allow the farmers to let them film inside the chicken
This not only has controlled the chicken, it has controlled the farmers. Manufacturers believe they are producing food, not chickens; they are just meeting a quota of having to have all of the chickens the same size and the same efficiency. In the film, the producers stated, “the modern American supermarket has about 47,000 products on average, there are not seasons in the supermarkets, and tomatoes are sold all year long because they are injected with gas to keep them looking ripe out of season”. They say the meat isle has no bones anymore, and Tyson chicken is a big contributor to this and the chicken products sold. Tyson correlates with farmers by giving them contracts on what they have to do to produce their chicken and specifically what must be done, though they do not publicly admit to what really goes on behind closed doors. From the farmers in Kentucky, they say the chickens never see sunlight, they grow in the dark (which is not natural). One lady who still farms chickens the artificial way explained how the way chickens are being grown in general now is inhumane because industries are forcing their growth to be extremely fast and bigger than normal. This causes the chickens to become unstable because their organs cannot catch up with their body size growth, causing them to fall over often. Tyson denied interviewing with the documentary crew and would not allow the farmers to let them film inside the chicken