Food Inc
July 6th 2010 05:41
Food Inc
Robert Keener’s documentary on corporate farming in the United States is both thought provoking and scary. It is obvious that the less is more ideology does not apply to the corporate food industry in the US.
The documentary looks at the intense production of pork, chicken and beef in contemporary America. Pigs being raised in areas so small they can hardly move and the cute image of baby chicks going down a silver shute to an inevitable beheading. Cows being reared in intense farm lots being fed on corn without a green paddock in sight. It also looks at some of the big producers in America and their practices in range of areas including their treatment of the illegal workforce they courted in the Mexican media.
Whilst the film does look at contemporary ‘big’ farming in America, there is also a small time organic farmer. His cows are fed of grass in paddocks (who’d of thought); his chickens are in open cages and his pigs are rolling in the mud.
It also looks at how corn has become the dominant crop in the USA and illuminates how many items actually have corn in them. I thought corn was just corn on the cob or corn kernels. It touches on how this is unsustainable and how Mexico now has very few corn crops because the USA has taken the market.
The legal and economic power of the major food companies in the US is also looked at. It focuses on a couple of small time farmers and their battles with major food companies.
There’s a family that eats the cheap takeaway food instead of fresh vegetables because for the price of a a bunch of broccoli, you can get a chicken burger and fries.
There's also a mum who's son died from eating contaminated meat products.
Major companies in the food industry – Monsanto, Tyson Foods, Smithfield Foods and Perdue Farms were all invited for comment on claims made in the film, but they declined.
Food Inc will make you think about where your food comes from – grow your own, buy in season and support the small, local guy selling his own or local meat I say…grassroots buying at its best. Food Inc will at least make you question how your food came to be…an absolute must see…
Robert Keener’s documentary on corporate farming in the United States is both thought provoking and scary. It is obvious that the less is more ideology does not apply to the corporate food industry in the US.
The documentary looks at the intense production of pork, chicken and beef in contemporary America. Pigs being raised in areas so small they can hardly move and the cute image of baby chicks going down a silver shute to an inevitable beheading. Cows being reared in intense farm lots being fed on corn without a green paddock in sight. It also looks at some of the big producers in America and their practices in range of areas including their treatment of the illegal workforce they courted in the Mexican media.
Whilst the film does look at contemporary ‘big’ farming in America, there is also a small time organic farmer. His cows are fed of grass in paddocks (who’d of thought); his chickens are in open cages and his pigs are rolling in the mud.
It also looks at how corn has become the dominant crop in the USA and illuminates how many items actually have corn in them. I thought corn was just corn on the cob or corn kernels. It touches on how this is unsustainable and how Mexico now has very few corn crops because the USA has taken the market.
The legal and economic power of the major food companies in the US is also looked at. It focuses on a couple of small time farmers and their battles with major food companies.
There’s a family that eats the cheap takeaway food instead of fresh vegetables because for the price of a a bunch of broccoli, you can get a chicken burger and fries.
There's also a mum who's son died from eating contaminated meat products.
Major companies in the food industry – Monsanto, Tyson Foods, Smithfield Foods and Perdue Farms were all invited for comment on claims made in the film, but they declined.
Food Inc will make you think about where your food comes from – grow your own, buy in season and support the small, local guy selling his own or local meat I say…grassroots buying at its best. Food Inc will at least make you question how your food came to be…an absolute must see…
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