Food Inc: Who Feels About The Agricultural Industry

Recently I watched the movie Food Inc. and was asked to write a research paper and discuss how this movie affects us at Cargill. There has been many different views as to whether people agree or disagree with the film, either way this film has brought to light how some consumers feel about the agriculture industry. I will break down the facts and just how we deal with the accusations from this film. The movie food inc was released July 12, 2009. The release of this film sparked a great political debate as to where we get our food. The film was directed by Robert Kenner. The film had a 1 million dollar budget and grossed 4 million dollars at the box office. The film takes the viewers through slaughter houses, chicken farms and sits down with other farmers to get their opinion on what they think about the agriculture industry. They call into question the fact that we now have more strains of GMO and round-up ready …show more content…
The film goes into local chicken farms contracted by Tyson foods and discusses the chickens and farmers are mistreated. The chicken council made a statement after watching the film by saying “Food, Inc., is a one-sided, negative, and misleading film about the way food is produced and sold in the United States. It is a documentary about the American food system the way Raiders of the Lost Ark was a documentary about archaeology.” The chicken council has put rules and regulations on how these chickens are treated. They regulate how much space each chicken has, the antibiotics they get and the food rations. The film discusses how the chickens are never let out of the houses to roam around. What they don’t discuss is why they are kept in the houses. Chickens are kept in the housing barns for their own protection. If they were able to be out and roam then they would be vulnerable to predators like hawks, foxes, coyotes,