Food (Kenner, 2008): Documentary on America's food industry
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Food (Kenner, 2008): Documentary on America's food industry
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In "Food, Inc.," filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of e coli--the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.
Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser ("Fast Food Nation"), Michael Pollan ("The Omnivore's Dilemma") along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farms' Gary Hirschberg and Polyface Farms' Joe Salatin, "Food, Inc." reveals surprising -- and often shocking truths -- about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.
Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser ("Fast Food Nation"), Michael Pollan ("The Omnivore's Dilemma") along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farms' Gary Hirschberg and Polyface Farms' Joe Salatin, "Food, Inc." reveals surprising -- and often shocking truths -- about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.
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Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health
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Re: Food (Kenner, 2008): Documentary on America's food industry
Whatever. There's plenty of places to go for alternative, small-farmed (etc.) food. It will just cost you an extra $25-or-so per week. I don't have much sympathy for those who bitch about 'corporations doing blah blah blah'. It's like those people who HATE Wal-Mart, but shop there and say that it's the only way to afford so-and-so.
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I notice that this is in local theaters now. I may need to check it out while it's playing.
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Saw this at the E Street Theater in DC this past weekend. It was pretty good. It covers a wide range of concerns without deep diving into any single one too much. The downside to this approach is that it makes it easier for critics of the film to pick it apart (which several have). The upside is that it allows the film to serve as a primer of sorts to the average viewer who haven't previously read The Omnivore's Dilemma to tatters or watched The World According to Monsanto.
I am hardly an activist on the subject and I suspect that the filmmakers play it a little fast and loose with the facts in places. On the other hand, viewers will certainly leave the theaters with some very honest and worthwhile questions in their mind. Much of what the film describes really is pretty hard to defend. If nothing else, be prepared to me moved (and probably brought to tears) by Barbara Kowalcyk as she describes the death of her son.
The film does contain some disturbing imagery but I think most people needn't worry too much about eating beforehand. This isn't a shockfest.
I am hardly an activist on the subject and I suspect that the filmmakers play it a little fast and loose with the facts in places. On the other hand, viewers will certainly leave the theaters with some very honest and worthwhile questions in their mind. Much of what the film describes really is pretty hard to defend. If nothing else, be prepared to me moved (and probably brought to tears) by Barbara Kowalcyk as she describes the death of her son.
The film does contain some disturbing imagery but I think most people needn't worry too much about eating beforehand. This isn't a shockfest.