In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on the nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of the government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA.
The 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 the environment.
Although you can find today bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, you can also find new strains of e-coli, the harmful bacteria that cause illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. Furthermore, the Nation is 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. illustrates the dangers of a food system controlled by powerful corporations that don’t want you to see, to think about or to criticize how food is made. In addition, the film reveals how complicated and compromised the once simple process of growing crops and raising livestock to feed oneself and family has become and, more importantly, it is a reminder that each one of you still has the ability to vote on this issue every day – at breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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