• It is a small chain. • It is not a 24-hour supermarket. It operates between the hours of 9am and 9pm. • It has free parking. • It sources its fruit and vegetables locally from the local fruit and vegetable wholesaler.
We rarely think completely about where the food we eat comes from and how is it produced. "Food, Inc.", a frank and sometimes grisly expose of the profit-driven food profession in the United States, is sure to shake up our views of what we eat. Factory system was conveyed to the back of the kitchen, after which food began to be formed on assembly lines. From the film, we can see that health and safety are frequently ignored by those companies, and are often overlooked by government in an struggle to provide cheap food heedlessly of these bad penalties. According to data, 70% of antibiotics are used on farm animals.
Doing business in an area whose predominate members are retirees, opened a niche for this business to primarily offer easy to grow container or small home garden items. This keeps inventory costs low and in demand; allowing Redwoman to charge premium prices. Operating only February through August, Wednesday through Saturday; in a 20’ x 30’ greenhouse, owned by the CEO keeps operating costs very low for this small business. All three employees are experts in container and home gardening. Each employee is required to research, grow and educate themselves on each variety of plant offered.
Josiah Begin 9/10/14 Sanitation Food inc summary Food Inc. is an depth Documentary on how our food is produced and where it comes from. The sad truth is that that most people don’t know where their food comes from. The movie starts off in the marketplace with the, “pastoral fantasy” advertisement on the plastic wrapped meat and poultry of grass fed beef, happily grazing with a cowboy herding them on his horse. Creating the illusion of where the food comes from. The attention is drawn to the unnatural year round tomatoes that are picked green and sprayed with a color enhancement chemical to get redness.
Throughout the film a lot of images of obese people are shown. Spurlock shows images of overweight people at the beach, sitting at tables eating, walking around, employees working at fast food restaurants and the people who are interviewed on the street. These images are effective in sparking a conversation on obesity because they show the epidemic in reality instead of just talking about it. It is almost painful to watch these people go about their daily lives. These pictures demonstrate what the viewers of the documentary could look like if they keep consuming food provided by these fast food restaurants.
The duo introduced themselves with a smile as Carlos and Rosana, owners of the Brazil Food Market of Port Saint Lucie. The store was empty aside from the three of us and they invited me to have a seat with them. I explained my cause; that I was here to take notes for an essay but also to absorb information about their culture and customs. Since the store was empty, they said, I could ask whatever necessary but to observe I should come back on the weekend when it is busier. One of the first things we talked about was their business because everybody has to eat; food is something that unites us as people.
Through the summer it’s even worse. Either way it’s unbearable. We have no fresh water left, so some of us drink from the river. Its makes us sick but it’s all we have. I eat what I’m given because at least I’ve got something.
There is a bakery in every neighborhood, a butcher shop, a produce shop. You buy your meat fresh cut that day and your bread in an unsliced loaf. I loved the dark rye! Everything was in liters instead of gallons. A liter of gas for the car, a liter of soda pop.
Companies have deposited their waste in the lake, which has caused the lake to be shut down because humans are getting sick and even dying from the polluted waters. Viruses, pathogens, chemicals and toxins are all part of this pollution, which affects recreation, jobs, and habitats of animals. Fishermen have not spent money fishing for sport due to the drastic reduction of the salmon population at Lake Huron. Recreational hours at the lake have also seen a drastic decrease. This devastation affects a majority of the U.S. being one of our largest sources of fresh water, and will only continue to deplete, as companies carelessly dump their waste into the lake.
We were lucky to be able to squat on small piece of land near the river. I didn’t have the money for many tools, and seed so I had to sell my fish at the market. My sons would catch, and smoked fish in between their studies . Most people paid with farming equipment. Without the tools, and seeds I had to work at a nearby plantation.