Food, Inc.
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Movie Reviews of Food, Inc.
Movie Review: Essential viewing---you need to look under the veil
Summary: 5 Stars
"Food, Inc." does more than serve as an exposé on the United States food industry--it connects the dots between the nefarious, contemptuous business practices of multinational corporations and their best friends, the compromised government regulatory agencies such as the USDA, FDA, and EPA, who have in the past been led by folks well connected within the very industries they are supposed to regulate.
But let's hold on a minute. Filmmaker Robert Kenner's documentary could have been just a dour, paranoid investigative piece and still told the truth. Instead, Mr. Kenner has made a color, fast-paced, and well-documented account of the state of the food supply in our country; the unintended consequences of the efficiencies, short-cuts, and technological methods inherent in factory farming; the insidious insider relationship between the meat industry and the agencies that should be regulating it; and the health effects, including diabetes, of consuming processed foods and fast foods.
Naturally, the culprits behind the curtain (e.g., Smithfield, Monsanto, Perdue) would not appear on camera, not because they are cowards but precisely because they are so powerfully connected, and have legions of lawyers and enforcers (yes, like any bully, these outfits do use intimidation), and are moving to control free speech and criticism of their practices.
The counterbalance to the doom and gloom comes from interview with small farmers; with entrepreneurs in the organic food business; and with brave folks who have tried to make a stand against the food industry; and with those experts who are striving to be modern day Paul Reveres in the face of mass indifference.
Kenner uses photography and imagery to make his points, and he interlaces this film with scenes of amazing beauty and graphic cruelty. "Food, Inc." is not an easy film to watch, and it should not be. Kenner uses the final frames to deliver some to-do's for those who want to respond to the film not just in conversation but through action. As trite as it sounds, if you can only see one movie this year, go to this one. (When the negative review start cropping up for this movie, it would be interesting to see how many of those are from food industry insiders and their minions.)
Movie Review: Disturbing but essential reading. A call to action!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This DVD tells a story that is appalling to people concerned with truth in general and with their and others' health. Are the facts in the story true? I believe they are because there are a number of confirming books, videos, and magazine articles that tell similar stories. So, if the story is true, then the situation regarding many foods sold to the public in the United States is appalling. I suspect the situation is the same to at least some degree in other countries so the story concerns all of us. I mean who really has faith in the mass-produced foods imported from China or Brazil? Have you ever seen the videos of Pangasius fish farms in Vietnam or salmon farms in Norway and the ones the Norwegians have opened in Canada? What is truly scary is the extent to which we suspect the corruption of some of our representatives in Washington and some key officers in the federal agencies meant to protect the public. With the disastrous Supreme Court decision in the Citizens' Union case which opens the floodgates of corporate and self-interested money that can be spent toward political ends, whose influence was confirmed absolutely in the recent Congressional elections, we, the public, are left exposed and unprotected unless we take action ourselves.
How can we take action? Stop buying processed foods, farmed fish, non-organically raised meat. Buy organic from trusted sources. It will cost more money but then you know that you need to reduce the volume of food that you eat so do it now and save some or all of that additional cost.
No amount of public outrage will persuade a representative to vote against the interests of a corporation that finances his election campaign because our system is such that he has no option to get elected or re-elected. No amount of public outrage will change our overly technical and procedure-heavy legal system that allows a hugely wealthy Monsanto to financially exhaust a farmer whose non-GM fields become polluted by wind-borne patented GM seeds and spores. The only way to cause change is to stop buying these terrible products and by-products and make market forces do the work that we can no longer trust others to do for us. We'll become slimmer and healthier at the same time.
Movie Review: To Educate Yourself about What you eat is to Empower Yourself
Summary: 5 Stars
It's very scary to know about some of the results the government don't want you to know about genetically modified foods... mold in the blood caused by seedless grapes & watermelon. There is a microscope that magnifies the blood 16,000x its size. Of course the general health industry doesn't use it nor will the government allow them to have it because of what you may find in your blood stream caused by eating GMF.
There's been a couple of test done using McDonald's meat & french fries. You know that food when left out will usually mold and rot. Apparently somebody kept a McDonald's quarter pounder and french fries for over 3 years in a metal lunch box. The results... the fries look the same as it did when it left the fryer and the hamburger didn't change at all. The meat may have shrunk just a little and the bread became slightly brittle and crumbled when handled. "What is McDonald feeding our children?" asked the producer of that film. I can't prove if what she says is true or not, however I left some fries in my car for several months and the fries never molded. It was still greasy and salty but not a speck of mold on it. You can view this by going to [...] and search under McDonald.
I personally will not eat meat anymore after watching Food Inc. I was slowly moving in this direction anyway, however after viewing Food Inc. it made the process much easier. Should I ever fall off the wagon, I will only eat cattle fed on grains or classified as organic. I will only buy locally grown foods or grow my own and buy organic if at all possible. I will pay extra to ensure I know what is going into my body.
If you believe our government has our best interest, think again. They've poisoned our water, shove chemicals into our bodies by promoting drugs (treat the symptoms, not find the cure), force vaccines onto our children which I truly believe is the route to all our major illnesses today, allow chemicals into our food, knowing it's harmful effects, and made sure they will not be held responsible by passing laws in their favor. Big corporation, UGH!!!!!!
If you don't watch out for your children or yourself, who will? Certainly not our government.
Movie Review: Must see.
Summary: 5 Stars
I just got my copy yesterday and watched it last night. Everyone needs to watch this dvd. It is a great review of what has happened to our food supply and our treatment of the animals and farmers who used to be the backbone of the country. This dvd is an education we all need to have.
Thank goodness I grew up on a farm/ranch where the animals were all treated humanly, fed what they were meant to eat and prepared for food with care and cleanness and no one ever got ecoli. Our animals were all well fed with the things God intended them to eat and kept in clean open spaces. Our hens sang as they laid their eggs and as they went about their day.
I was sick as I saw what people who only care about money have done to us. They make me want to be a vegetarian or at least go totally organic or buy from a local farmer where I can see the conditions they are kept under.
My husband worked for a rancher who kept a pig confinement.
After he would go in and tend the pigs there was no way you could be around him because of the stink even after a shower and change of clothes. We got a different job as soon as we could find one. The pigs however spent their whole lives in that stink.
My nephew worked at a feedlot for cattle in Nebraska. When he would come in the house for supper even after a change of clothes and a shower you could not sit by him and eat supper because of the stink. The cows however were in that until the day they went to slaughter, up to their knees.
In this dvd I saw how the chicken confinement sheds are too. What a disgrace and a crime against God's creatures.
THen at the last to show how Monsanto has sued and broken the farmers who tried to keep our food supply clean and our corn and soybeans safe to eat.
In what we think is the greatest country in the world the corruption and graft is inexcusable. We have allowed the big companies to poison us and our children and put God's creatures though untold suffering.
You must see this dvd if you care about your self, your family and the helpless creatures they torture to death.
God bless Eric Schlosser and the people who made this dvd to make us aware of what is happening.
Movie Review: Food, Inc.
Summary: 5 Stars
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes with your food before it reaches your plate? While most of us might not realize exactly what goes into our food, or at times not even think about it. But director Robert Kenner and his production team seek to bring out the truth about what goes on behind the scenes of the food industry and make it transparent so we all know the truth about what goes into our food so we can make more decisions about what we put into our body.
There's a lot of mystery in what goes on with our food. Whether it's ingredients we have no idea what they are, or whether it's the general process through which our food goes through, there's a lot that we don't know. The food industry hasn't really helped us in finding out either. Shrouding the farms that work for major industry markets in secrecy, and restaurant chains fighting tooth in nail to avoid giving us nutritional values for the meals we eat it seems as though the food industry as something to hide.
As depicted in Food, Inc. the food industry does have a lot to hide. Not only do the ingredients that go into our food seem less than savory, but their deplorable treatment of stock animals, farmers, and workers are enough to make anyone sick to their stomach. The filmmakers don't just attack their query though, they try to present both sides of the story from the consumer to the market leaders, unfortunately in the case of the market leaders they more often than not decline to be interviewed. And while this documentary might not answer all of our questions about the food industry, it definitely does a great job at helping us realize that things must change.
In the end Food Inc. doesn't just tell us about our food, but how the industry has changed things in America altogether. From appointed government officials who formerly worked for big name corporations and have influenced legislation on their behalf, to the food industry's influence on illegal immigration this film approaches all aspects of the trade. I highly recommend this film, not only to open your eyes to what your eating, but to help you understand how and why things need to change.
5/5