Food Inc. Not many people know or care where their food comes from‚ which is why the directors of Food Inc. set out to expose the truth behind the food industry in America. The directors were able to lift the corporate veil of the major food corporations; exposing to the world the brutal truths behind how they run their businesses‚ cutting corners and tainting our food supply so that they are as efficient and profitable as possible. The first segment which compares the chicken farmers Vince Edwards
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This is a minor project‚ 1-2 pages long and worth 5 grade points. It is due Thursday‚ February 28. Our subject is the documentary film Food‚ Inc. We are viewing this as a social science document – that is‚ a film with some sort of social science agenda. It is trying to convince us about certain things concerning the way food is produced‚ distributed‚ marketed‚ and eaten in the U.S. It is therefore an argumentative film that wants to persuade us. As reviewers‚ our job is to determine how well the
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Yet‚ truth many believe truth about food should be clear cut and obvious‚ are farmers and the farming industry the heartland of the country? Or is our food handcrafted by shady corporations who care more about the essential point of their company than the health of consumers? Two documentaries take a stance in the debate about food‚ Farmland represents the humble farmer working daily to be a caretaker for the ecology of the farmland. The other film is Food Inc. which marches through various industries
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Movie #1: Food‚ Inc. The Food‚ Inc. was a very disturbing film to watch because I love food. I am hesitant to watch movies like this because I rather not know what really goes on. I love food and I don’t want it to change my mind about them. This is probably the thinking of most Americans‚ which is why the food industry is as corrupt as it is. Still I was very glad to be able to watch it because it really opened my eyes. The movie Food‚ Inc. is a shows how the process and the food industry has
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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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Food Inc. Food Inc.‚ a 2008 documentary film directed and produced by Robert Kenner‚ exposes the secrets about how food is processed. Robert Kenner is famous for exposing facts and controversies that are rarely discussed. He is also known for his authenticity and his desire to reveal the truth. Kenner has received several awards for his films. Food Inc. even influenced some food policy decisions. His documentary‚ Food Inc.‚ talks about the industrialization of the food system in America. The documentary
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the Situation: 1. Institutions have complete power of the food industry. They have the ability to make decisions on everything we consume. For most of America‚ the food industry is unknowingly controlled by only a few major institutions. Due to having complete power‚ these institutions are able to create the illusion of options‚ but in reality‚ the millions we spend of food each year end up in the hand of the same few institutions. 2. Food‚ Inc. was delivered to its audience in the form of a documentary
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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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Food Inc. The movie‚ Food Inc.‚ again‚ I was not surprised by most of the information that was presented. Most of our food is pumped with antibiotics causing naturally bacteria to become resistant or has been genetically modified by major corporations. It was constantly preached at my undergraduate college to be “green” in all aspects of life‚ buy local‚ eat organic‚ recycle and so on. So‚ it was this was not a shock. While‚ I was watching the Food Inc.‚ I did find it interesting the interaction
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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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