Film Analysis: Professor Food Inc.

One good example of how the people are affected by the investigation techniques of Monsanto comes from an article called “Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear” written by Donald L. Bartlett and James B. Steele. Gary Rinehart is the owner of the Square Deal store on the fading town square of Eagleville, Missouri. In 2002, Rinehart was behind the counter in what he calls his “old-time country store” when a man entered and asked for him by name. Rinehart says after telling the man who he was, the investigator began verbally attacking him, stating that he had proof of Rinehart illegally planting Monsanto’s soybeans. The investigator then tells Rinehart that he better come clean and settle with Monsanto, or face the consequences. Rinehart says he and all of the customers in the store were struck with the same puzzled look. The problem with what this man had just done was that Gary Rinehart was not a farmer, he just owned a small store in a town with a population of 350. Even after telling the stranger who approached the counter that he had the wrong guy, the investigator persisted. Eventually Rinehart escorted him out, but in his fit of rage, the man continued to say things like “Monsanto is big. You can’t win. We will get you. You will pay.” Scenes such as these are becoming more and more common in the United

Kenner uses the rhetorical strategy ethos by introducing important people of the food industry to the people of America. Kenner introduces us to Joel Salatin. He runs the farm called “Polyface farms”. He compares amd explains in the movie/documentary how his farm is ran and how the animals are fed and treated compared to corporations like Smithfield and Tyson. Kenner features the “Polyface Farm” from anywhere to what the animals eats to where the animals live. Salatin acknowledges that his animals do not eat corn or any product with corn involved. Salatin guides us through the process of killing chickens and how they are handled and packaged. Kenner also compared this process with with huge corporations like Tyson and how their chickens are killed. Tyson has their chicken coops packed with so many that the chickens are unable to move around so when chicken farmers feed the Tyson chickens they all keep gaining weight since they are big that they can con carry their own weight anymore. The chicken farmers emphasize that Tyson tries to make every chicken look alike so that when that chickens are packaged there will not be a huge size discrepancy. Another man interviewed in the movie/documentary is Moe Parr. Parr was a seed cleaner for local farmers around their town. Parr addressed that Monacello (seed company) was sueing him for cleaning seeds. Monasello’s argument was that they have a contract with every farmer who buys seeds from them; that when they save their seeds that they are expected to send those seeds back to the

We have all wondered where, and how the poultry that is in our grocery stores had gotten there at some point in time, whether if we eat meat or not. When we find out, we are not too ecstatic with the results. It is unbelievable what they do just in order to get profit from the many variations of chicken the companies produce. They treat the birds as if they are not a living, breathing animal sitting right in front of them. They have no sympathy, for this wonderful creation, and all that it has to offer us. The companies only care about the money, and will do anything to get it. Big chicken industries such as Tyson and Perdue, force farmers to raise their chickens in certain ways, and by doing this, the chickens are raised in unhealthy conditions, which puts consumers’ health at risk.

It’s problematic that we don’t question the food we eat whether it be from McDonalds or a fancy upscale restaurant. We need to be more aware of what is going on around us especially when the food we eat is causing an array of health issues for us. The unsanitary conditions found within the factory farm industry contributes to the pathogens found in the meat we eat. As the saying goes you get what you pay for. Factory farming is based upon producing large quantities of meat at a very low cost. This driving force behind the system is not worth getting food poising or something detrimental. In the chapter “Influence / Speechlessness” the habitats of the chickens are displayed “jamming deformed, drugged,

Factory farming is a practice that is used to keep up and sustain the supply and demand for different types of animal meat. A poultry factory farm that will be discussed is Perdue Farms. Perdue Farms is established and operated in the United States and has a processing facility where they raise and slaughter chickens. Perdue Farms is meeting the needs of the consumers by supplying and mass producing poultry for consumption. One may view this of being a success by having a well-established, profitable business that is fulfilling their responsibilities to the consumers. While that may be true, they are not fulfilling their ethical responsibility to the animals. These animals are in close quarters where they are nested in urine and feces. There can even be instances where they will be sitting on or near deceased chickens until their cage is chosen for slaughter. Since these animals are massively produced the use of hormones and antibiotics are used to sustain life and growth. On top of the poor, dirty living conditions these animals are also giving additives that will eventually make it to the consumer. The process has an impact on those employed by the corporation and those who purchase products from them.

• Those who work for a Smithfield hog processing plant say the company has the same mentality towards workers as they do the hogs

The filmmakers deliver a compelling analysis which brazenly divulges that our food industry is not what it seems. Many Americans take pride in the idea that their government works in their best

Have you ever wondered what the food industry is trying to hide from you? If so then this text will help you understand a bit about GMOs, local farming and the secrets of the fast food chain known as McDonalds. The book that sparked this research was "The Omnivores Dilemma" by Michael Pollan. Today I will prove that the food industry isn't as simple as it seems. The owners of these businesses are exploiting people and only to earn money.

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Body mass index, or BMI, is used by doctors and health physicians to measure excessively high levels of body fat in relation to lean body mass in an individual. Having a BMI ratio that is considered above average or too high normally denotes persons at risk to several health adversities such as heart attacks, liver damage, diabetes, and even more widespread, obesity. In 2005, the United States Department of Health and Human Services estimated that over half of the adult American population was either overweight or obese, and many of these health concerns were correlated with a person’s diet and type of food consumption. In an attempt to assign blame for the cause, political and social commentators’ claim that long standing farm subsidies on particular food commodities correlate with rising obesity trends in America. In a documentary titled Food, Inc., opened to audience in 2008, award winning filmmaker Robert Kenner argues that current agricultural policies on these subsidized food commodities are allowing major food corporations to mass produce products that negatively affect the health of consumers nationwide. He contends that commodity crops such as corn, wheat, and soybeans are heavily subsidized by the government to produce snack foods that are high in calorie content but low in cost, becoming the prime choice for Americans looking for cheap and readily available foods to eat. Kenner believes that government subsidies need to either be

The phrase “ you are what you eat” has been used for centuries. The healthier your food the healthier you can be. However, as time goes on, I hope this phrase is no longer true. The documentary Food Inc. shows our food and what farm fresh really means; things are not always what they seem. The documentary is dark and gruesome in the way it displays our food and what goes into making it, but it also opens our eyes to the world of production and similarly what we see and what we should be seeing. Although it is a gut wrenching documentary, there is an educational informative truth behind it to see if food is really food anymore.

Food is an essential part of our lives. We consume it every day and absolutely need it to live and thrive successfully. With something so significant to us, why should we risk the source of where our food comes from? Robert Kenner created a powerhouse documentary film called Food Inc. that gives an accurate description of the horrible realities of corporate farming by providing evidence of the harm affecting both humans and animals. Robert Kenner is a film director and producer. Kenner claims that today; food can be potentially harmful to the health of any consumer and the process of creating certain foods is detrimental to the lives of the animals and humans involved in the procedure. Kenner

The scene I found most striking, in Kenner’s film, Food, INC. is when farmer who didn’t purchase any gene-modified seeds can easily be sued by chemistry companies and lose simply because the seeds produced by such companies were blown in accidentally from neighboring fields. The first thought that came across my mind was the lack of government supervision, but as the movie continued, I realized that supervision over food is not the one to blame, instead, the whole of the government and justice system is at risk. Large corporation used their many relations with government officials, combined with money and benefits, have successfully infiltrated the above systems, not only are the officers in charge of certain areas formal employee of companies,

When it comes to the food that we eat on a day to day basis, we have a right to know where and how the food was produced. In the movie Food, Inc., it talks about how food production companies have established this veil over the consumer eyes on the manufacturing practices done by them. The production of our food has been larger than ever before in the history of humanity. The yields for 1 acre of land have increased by at least 10 times in a century time alone. With all the advancement in technology, it helped keep up with the demand of humanity. But in the recent years since the 80s, the control of food market has been increasing towards only a handful of companies.

An undercover PETA investigator filmed the horrific scene at the farm. The campaign organization Mercy for Animals publicized the video on Wednesday and called the chicken cruelty the “disgusting secret” behind the giant fast food chain’s Chicken McNuggets, The Huffington Post reports.