Food Inc. Film Review
The way human eat has changed for the worse in the last fifty years. The movie Food, Inc. presents a shocking discovery on corporate farming and the development of the food industry. The director of this movie, Robert Kenner, uses numerous approaches to prove how unnatural and dangerous today’s food can be from the chicken farm to the chemically treated massive amount of meat. The movie is divided in three main parts. The first one focuses on the inhumane production of meat. The second part discuses on the industrial production of grains and vegetables, demonstrating how dangerous the food could be that is in our house, for example corn that may lead to e-coli, a bacteria that is transmitted through infected meat and can lead to human death. Furthermore, the economic and legal power of food labeling systems of the major food companies profit from providing cheap but contaminated food. Thus, this documentary raises an issue of genetically modified food and creating awareness in the United State to promote consumers to focus more in buying locally grown food. In America search for increased quantity of food, then we getting low quality of food. The movie Food Inc. is presenting the dark side of farm industrialization. Robert Kenner is introducing to us the movie that reveals the truth …show more content…
For most Americans, the ideal meal is fast, cheap and tasty. Kenner explores the topic from all viewpoints, talking to authors, advocates, farmers, and CEOs, like Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma), Gary Hirschberg (Stonyfield Farms), and Barbara Kowalcyk, who has been urging for more severe standards since E-coli claimed the life of her two-year-old son. Challenges are to create regulations that might prevent such deaths. Such cases are worth exploring but systemic issues are more
The way human eat has changed for the worse in the last fifty years. The movie Food, Inc. presents a shocking discovery on corporate farming and the development of the food industry. The director of this movie, Robert Kenner, uses numerous approaches to prove how unnatural and dangerous today’s food can be from the chicken farm to the chemically treated massive amount of meat. The movie is divided in three main parts. The first one focuses on the inhumane production of meat. The second part discuses on the industrial production of grains and vegetables, demonstrating how dangerous the food could be that is in our house, for example corn that may lead to e-coli, a bacteria that is transmitted through infected meat and can lead to human death. Furthermore, the economic and legal power of food labeling systems of the major food companies profit from providing cheap but contaminated food. Thus, this documentary raises an issue of genetically modified food and creating awareness in the United State to promote consumers to focus more in buying locally grown food. In America search for increased quantity of food, then we getting low quality of food. The movie Food Inc. is presenting the dark side of farm industrialization. Robert Kenner is introducing to us the movie that reveals the truth …show more content…
For most Americans, the ideal meal is fast, cheap and tasty. Kenner explores the topic from all viewpoints, talking to authors, advocates, farmers, and CEOs, like Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma), Gary Hirschberg (Stonyfield Farms), and Barbara Kowalcyk, who has been urging for more severe standards since E-coli claimed the life of her two-year-old son. Challenges are to create regulations that might prevent such deaths. Such cases are worth exploring but systemic issues are more