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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Robert Singleton Allison Armentrout Response 2 17 Sept 2013 Did You Know? Is it hard to believe that there is a battle going on about food before it goes to the store? Or even before it goes to the processing plant? Which is also involved. Well after watching Food Inc.‚ that was narrated by Michael Pollen‚ you will find out how that burger started‚ from the industrial farm to the processing plant to the restaurant and supermarket. From the way the cow‚ chicken‚ and pig is raised‚ fed‚ and housed
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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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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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Director: Robert Kenner Writers: Robert Kenner‚ Elise Pearlstein o What is their vested interest? To shed light and invoke change in the way food is prepared and processed in America o Do they have any conflicts of interest? Yes‚ the company that made the film is bias against big industry and cutting corners in food preparation. o Who is the intended audience? The American public o What is the purpose of the argument? To show the American people the problems in how food in America
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FST 11 Reaction Paper Food‚ Inc. is an American documentary film directed by Robert Kenner. The film is about corporate farming in the United States‚ concluding that agribusiness produces food that is unhealthy‚ in a way that is environmentally harmful and abusive of both animals and employees. The film is narrated by Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser. The film opens with the sentence‚ “The way we eat has changed more dramatically in the past 50 years than in the previous 10‚000 years.”‚ which
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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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Organic Farming or Factory Farming? In the documentary‚ Food Inc.‚ director Robert Kenner reveals the truth of factory farming and organic farming. In the film‚ he interviews an organic farmer‚ Joel Salatin‚ who owns Poly Face Farm‚ in Swoope‚ Virginia. Salatin believes that animals should be fed with grass instead of corn. Corn is a natural resource that both the factory farm and organic farm uses. Factory farming use corn because it is cheap‚ easy to grow‚ and makes the animals fat very fast
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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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