The Inedible Truth After watching the documentary Food, Inc., I have become more aware of the food I buy and eat. The USDA and FDA are most importantly in charge of our food safety, but it seems like there is little awareness and understanding of what they actually do. Food Inc. helps show how our food is produced, packaged and sold in the U.S. It seems like our nation’s food supply is being controlled with the intent of making money by companies, opposed to producing safe and healthy food for consumers. The FDA and USDA are supposed to protect Americans.
Hate it hard. But don't blame McDonalds because you can't control your own life"(Klosterman). Klosterman nailed it with this point because people in the end make the choice to eat the food, or to not eat the food, simply put. Corporation and higher ranking business men could care less about the customers that enter and eat the food, only the money exiting their pocket and entering the McDonalds cash register. Yes, eating a whole new diet and getting away from fast food can be difficult, but Klosterman sums life up by saying "staying alive is hard", and it truly is with all the disease in the
Consumer’s are responsible for their selection in foods and if they chose to consue products that give no nutritional information that is on them. Zinczenko argues that lack of information given to the consumers about the food they are consuming is grounds to file lawsuits against the fast food vendors. Though there is truth to Mr. Zinczenko’s arguments, I disagree, with placing the blame on the fast food supplier’s. Consumer are responsible for . As far as healthier affordable alternatives, you pass just as many Subways, Jimmy Johns or Panera’s as you would a McDonalds.
Robert Bellecy Enlish 207 Essay 2 Bethany Maile Following Food The documentary “Food Inc.” starts with videos of huge industrial plants. These videos are narrated by an unknown dramatic speaker telling the viewer that big businesses have monopolized the food system. The speaker goes on to say things about how our food is coming from huge assembly lines that don’t know anything about farming. Throughout the rest of the movie this thesis is supported by a combination of different videos and eyewitness experiences. Eric Schlosser author of Fast Food Nation is shown talking about how the industrial food system was started with fast food.
Sabrina Madrid Professor Vazquez English 101 23 February 2012 What’s Underneath The Veil Prior to viewing the documentary Food, Inc. I had no previous knowledge of the food that I was consuming may be bad for me. Not just bad for me health wise, but bad for the economy and bad for the society in general. After watching the documentary I had a reality check as to what is being done in the food industry as a whole and what us as consumers can do about it. I strongly believe Food, Inc. has a clear message behind it and everyone in America should see the documentary.
Food Inc. is a documentary that reports the inside story of America’s food industry. Food Inc. does a tremendous job of brining to light what industries are trying to keep hidden. The facts revealed through this documentary are eye opening and should be used to drive change in lives and in America’s food industry. Animals such as chickens, cows, and pigs are treated cruelly in the food industry. Chickens, for instance, are raised and slaughtered in half the time they were fifty years ago; but these chickens are raised bigger.
Mike Callicrate believes in what he is doing, and he is passionate about the products produced by Ranch Foods Direct. Callicrate knows that if more people experience his products and become educated about contamination, plus the dangers of hormones, antibiotics, and preservatives known to be in the products of the larger meat packing firms, then these individuals will become repeat customers. Providing natural and healthy meat products is the foundation Callicrate has built RFD upon. “For one thing says Callicrate, our meat is not raised with any continuously fed antibiotics or artificial growth hormones, and the production process is slower, cleaner and more carefully monitored than you would ever see in high-speed packing plants” (RFD.com). RFD uses the best local ingredients available for their strict feeding regimen while abiding by all generally accepted sustainable and humane procedures.
The pleasures of eating In the article “The Pleasures of Eating,” by Wendell Berry talk about the responsibilities that we, as consumers have in food consumption. He criticizes modern American farming and rural life as well as the ignorance of consumers. In his article, Berry mentions several ways of what consumers can do to become more responsible eaters; however, because of the hurried lifestyle that most Americans, including my family, live today, is difficult to support Berry´s suggestions. The first suggestion of Berry’s list states, “participate in food production to the extent that you can” (paragraph 13). According to this claim, Berry suggests his readers to grow their own food since by doing so they will know everything
Poor and unjust working conditions, disturbingly unsanitary preparation of food, fatalities due to food poisoning- these are all concepts apart of the food industries of our nation’s weakness in the awareness of it all. The unmerited affairs for our food industry workers are the blatant cause for derivation of deathly pathogens that are contaminating our food. If America would realize these actualities, and choose a side, whether it be okaying the tumult of it all, or fight for the justice of it all, the unknown obscenities taking place inside these factories would be put to a
Food Inc., The truth behind the food. While watching Food Inc., I discovered many things I did not know about the food industry. Their greed and their deceit and they control pretty much everything, from the cattle to the slaughterhouses. The Government is dominated by the industries they are supposed to be regulating. Not to mention it cost more for a fruit cup then a bag of candy.