One shocking segment of the film follows the story of Moe Parr, a man legally hounded out of his business of cleaning seeds. He is a victim of laws which allow seed patents which are leading to corporate seed monopolies.
Food, Inc. (2009)
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Reviews Counted:81
Fresh:79
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.9/10
Consensus: An eye-opening expose of the modern food industry, Food, Inc. is both fascinating and terrifying, and essential viewing for any health-conscious citizen.
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis:
How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families?
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry,...
How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families?
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of e coli -- the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.
Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farm's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising -- and often shocking truths -- about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here. --© Official Site
Starring: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser
Starring: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser
Director: Robert Kenner
Director: Robert Kenner
Producer: Robert Kenner
Composer: Mark Adler
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Reviews for Food, Inc.
His film shows us ugly, faceless corporate greed and its truly fatal consequences, but gives us tools to dismantle or at least throttle back the machine %u2013 and hopefully solve some of the world's ills as well.
the film can help more consumers realize that "cheaper" food is NOT necessarily a bargain
It moves briskly through its impressive array of talking points, though you might wish it had lingered over a few of them for a little more depth. No matter. Consider it a primer on a deadly serious issue that affects all of us, several times a day.
Although the documentary sometimes feels a little one-sided, lack of participation by companies such as Monsanto Co. and Tyson Foods Inc. ensured such a result.
The message is that it's up to the consumer to change things in the food industry.
You're probably not going to like what you see here, but you'd better hold your nose and choke it down anyway. Food, Inc. is for your own good.
A Weak Version of "Fast Food Nation". But Hey, Any Film That Bashes Agri-Business Is All Right With Me.
Like a 21st-century updating of The Jungle ... Food, Inc. is infuriating and disheartening, as it introduces us to the unpleasant verities of eating and the cynical rationalizations of those who purport to feed us.
The documentary Food, Inc. is the film Fast Food Nation should have been. It's powerful, disturbing stuff.
a frightening film, easily one of the most important of the recent spate of socially conscious documentaries
Food, Inc. offers plenty of food for thought, but, as expected, there isn't much here to nourish the soul.
A real horror story that touches on the obesity epidemic, the soullessness of mass-produced and over-processed foods, and how little control the FDA has ...
The old adage "you are what you eat" is more true than you would have thought.
Director Robert Kenner’s documentary is powerful. Maybe even life-changing.
It's an "Inconvenient Truth" for food, minus the droning Al Gore and a handful of PowerPoint slides.
After you see what IBP is doing to cattle, what Tyson is doing to chickens, what farmers are doing to us and what Monsanto is doing to farmers in the new documentary Food, Inc., you may never eat again.
Stomach-churning yet persuasively necessary - but don't plan to go out to dinner after viewing this graphic documentary.
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