Marlena Young Professor Phillip Dennis‚ PhD English 111 07 October 2015 Food Inc.: Rhetorical Analysis Food Inc. is an informative and revealing documentary film‚ aimed to expose the dirty truth of the industrial food industry in America. Directed by Robert Kenner and produced by Michael Pollan‚ this film informs the American people exactly what they are eating and how it’s affecting them‚ by painting a more realistic picture of the food industry‚ than that of an agricultural society. With the use compelling
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our food is handled and processed by somebody else. Well‚ the truth is that Americans don’t have the time to farm and basically‚ get their hands dirty. On that note‚ I do believe that it’s necessary to have other people handle the food we eat. For two reasons I believe this‚ one‚ the people who process the food need the job and the money that comes with it‚ and two‚ most Americans don’t even want to know about the food they buy. Although Americans don’t want to know about where our food came
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documentary Food Inc.‚ directed by Robert Kenner‚ sheds light on the modern hidden issues of the meat industry and how it impacts consumers in the short and long term. Food Inc. effectively enlightens consumers of the daily crimes committed by the meat industry with the film’s structure‚ dialogue‚ and appeal to the views rhetoric. The producer bears the intense weight of delivering the message of the film most effectively
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Consumer’s Don’t Know About Their Food? "The way we eat has changed more dramatically in the past 50 years than in the previous 10‚000 years." Food‚ Inc. is a documentary film directed by Robert Kenner in 2008. In the film it’s pointed out that one of the important changes in what we eat is that our food supply has been flooded with sugar and other refined carbohydrates. "Food‚ Inc." is about how these and other changes came to be‚ and the little-known state of our present food system. This film has multiple
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Back in the early fall of 2012‚ XL Foods Inc.‚ one of Canada’s largest meat processing plants located in Brooks‚ Southeast Alberta‚ was delivering tainted meats contaminated with Escherichia Coli. Escherichia Coli is a group of bacteria found in the lower intestines of humans and animals‚ which can be developed by improper storing of food‚ poor hygiene in the facility and poor food handling practices (Christian Nordqvist‚ par. 1). Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials temporarily shut down the
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side of the spectrum promote vegetarianism as a way to protect livestock from being mass slaughtered. Even though it can’t be denied that meat production overtime has become harsh toward livestock‚ eating meat is ethical because humans need it as an essential food source to live. However‚ under the circumstance that the livestock live joyful and free lives
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In this documentary‚ this shows the reality of this world in an aspect of consumerism. Currently‚ there are more opportunities for people of high society‚ which for the poor. This documentary called Food Inc.‚ reflects the reality of this consumerist society. Most products on the market contain antibiotics to increase the size of fruits or vegetables. Also‚ in the case of animals they are injected with hormones to alter muscle mass and obtain more meat. Poor people do not have enough economic resources
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1. How has technology been applied to the food production process? Give/describe at least 3 examples. In the last 50 years‚ technology has completely changed the way we eat. When we think about farming‚ we think red barns‚ green grass‚ free-roaming animals‚ etc. Farming‚ now-a-days‚ is far different than the image the industry has lead us to believe. Farming has become a highly industrialized and mechanized business. The reality is our food is no longer coming from farms; it’s coming off assembly
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wondered where your food comes from? If you have then you are not the only one. American Film producer/director‚ Robert Kenner‚ in his academy award winning documentary Food Inc. he takes a deeper look into the food industry‚ and uncover the “veil” that most Americans do not want to see. Some people think that our food still comes from small farms in the corn belt of America‚ but sadly that is not the case anymore. Due to the rapid increase in population‚ mass production of food is essential to feed
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study of causes and effects‚ or both causes and effects is causal analysis. For your final essay‚ conduct a causal analysis of Food Inc. Begin with the questions: What are the causes and effects of the current modes of food production and consumption? How are workers affected? Consumers? Think of the cause and effect relationships of between the sources of our food and health‚ economics‚ and politics. As you put your paragraphs together‚ try to develop causal chains (think of the Direct TV ad
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