1. How has technology been applied to the food production process? Give/describe at least 3 examples.
Our food is coming off assembly lines instead of coming start from the farm.
Companies are changes the DNA of chickens to have their breasts be bigger. This is being done because there is a high demand for white meat. Chickens are growing faster and bigger in half the time.
Scientists developed corn bases products that are in many of our foods today. If you look at the ingredients of something you are going to eat, you are going to find some type of corn base ingredient.
2. How has business influenced government in the agricultural/food industry? Give an example from the documentary.
The giant corporations determine what policies the federal government put in place. Michael Taylor …show more content…
What evidence do you see in the documentary that business is taking a more proactive, socially responsible stance to food production?
There are more and more companies producing organic products. They are learning that the consumers want to be healthy and they respect that.
5. Provide a thoughtful reflection on this documentary (250 words)
If you did not think about what you were eating before you watched the documentary, you surely did after. The first thing that was no pleasant to watch was how the animals were treated. You saw a ton of chickens in areas that were too small that they could not move. They areas that they were kept in were also very dark so that they would sleep more and move around less. Companies were also using chemicals to make the chickens grow in half the time.
Corn is in nearly all food products we purchase in the grocery store. Many years ago, corn was only used to eat but today it is all processed foods in the form of corn syrup. Some industries feed their animals corn because it is cheaper and easier to grow. However, because corn used in so many of the items we consume today this has caused us to become immune to certain
Our food is coming off assembly lines instead of coming start from the farm.
Companies are changes the DNA of chickens to have their breasts be bigger. This is being done because there is a high demand for white meat. Chickens are growing faster and bigger in half the time.
Scientists developed corn bases products that are in many of our foods today. If you look at the ingredients of something you are going to eat, you are going to find some type of corn base ingredient.
2. How has business influenced government in the agricultural/food industry? Give an example from the documentary.
The giant corporations determine what policies the federal government put in place. Michael Taylor …show more content…
What evidence do you see in the documentary that business is taking a more proactive, socially responsible stance to food production?
There are more and more companies producing organic products. They are learning that the consumers want to be healthy and they respect that.
5. Provide a thoughtful reflection on this documentary (250 words)
If you did not think about what you were eating before you watched the documentary, you surely did after. The first thing that was no pleasant to watch was how the animals were treated. You saw a ton of chickens in areas that were too small that they could not move. They areas that they were kept in were also very dark so that they would sleep more and move around less. Companies were also using chemicals to make the chickens grow in half the time.
Corn is in nearly all food products we purchase in the grocery store. Many years ago, corn was only used to eat but today it is all processed foods in the form of corn syrup. Some industries feed their animals corn because it is cheaper and easier to grow. However, because corn used in so many of the items we consume today this has caused us to become immune to certain