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Synopsis
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 Farms' Gary Hirschberg and Polyface Farms' Joe 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.
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Filmmaker
Robert Kenner
The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000...”
— Michael Pollan, author of
“In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto"
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Critical Acclaim
Don't take another bite till you see Food, Inc., an essential, indelible documentary.”
— Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone
A cleverly written and well produced documentary. Kenner crafts an intelligent, visually compelling argument grounded in old-fashioned investigative research and journalism.”
— Maria Garcia,
Film Journal International
See it. Bring your kids if you have them. Bring someone else's kids if you don't.”
— David Edelstein,
New York Magazine
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Average Review
| based on 10 reviews
Sad...Scary, but we the "wallets" can make the difference.
Great documentary. I grew up in a farming community and bought into the lies being sold to the consumers today. I've also been the "low-income" individual that couldn't afford to eat "right". The cold reality is that the consumer can only make a difference by buying responsibly and/or boycotting products that are unsafe or unethical. The FDA/USDA will not protect you, nor will the industry rush to ensure your safety. The case of rBGH is a proven point. An educated public chose not buy products that contained rBGH, and the industry had to respond by eliminating it from the farms. Money will always force the hand of politics and big industry, ethics/moraltiy will never/seldom win. Take care of you and your family by becoming eductated, and then demanding full product disclosure. Use your wallet and your brain. Pass the info along and vote appropriately.
by Rob from Snohomish, WA
November 8, 2009, 6:55 AM
Right on the nose and shpuld be seen by everyone!! dewdrop
by Chris Carver from neenah, wiRight on the nose and needs to be seen
November 9, 2009, 11:07 AM
Food Inc
Everyone who eats food should watch this movie. Our detachment from our food source is appalling and people need the wake up call. Bravo Robert Kenner, you have done a great service to society.
by Jessica Krog-Irving from Nanaimo, bc
November 20, 2009, 10:09 AM
FOOD,INC
This is going on my christmas list for every member of my family. I am so grateful for people who care enough to inform the rest of us!
by Barbara Atherton from Merritt Island, Florida
November 21, 2009, 2:39 PM
FOOD,INC
This is going on my christmas list for every member of my family. I am so grateful for people who care enough to inform the rest of us!
by Barbara Atherton from Merritt Island, Florida
November 21, 2009, 2:41 PM
wow
this was an informative and powerful presedntation. Itg makes you stop and wonder what we are putting in out bodies and how healthy it really is it? Are we poisoning our bodies with chemcails when all we wanted to do was nourish the body. Does these chemicals play any part in the way our body metabolises food? These are the questions that came to mind after listenoingv and reading this presentation. Start thinking abaout it.
by giovanna delfino from brooklyn, new york
November 24, 2009, 6:13 PM
Teacher
A balanced approach must be taken with children and parental approval needed. This is powerful information that can be misused and children turn vegetarian without substituting the right protein groups and knowing how to fulfill their daily nutritional requirements necessary for their growth when they see this film. Adults do not need the same growth spurts as children and we do not want to raise a generation of vitamin pill poppers. Teachers beware with Children under 14.
by Zlata Proudlock from Brampton, Ontario
November 26, 2009, 2:24 PM
Great Report on "Food, Inc." from NOW on PBS
If you want to hear more about Food, Inc., this report from NOW on PBS is really great.
http://video.pbs.org/video/1143263943/
by Theresa Riley from Manchester, CT
December 2, 2009, 9:19 AM
I am dismayed that this movie did not recieve any publicity. This is a serious topic that should be looked into but has been been swept under the rug. I will be forwarding this link around.
by Tonia Carter from East Orange, New Jersey
December 6, 2009, 6:02 AM
Food, Inc
Thank you so much for making a video that is telling the truth about the deceit that is going on all around us with the food industry. My family eats organic. We are so thankful that we can support a good cause for our farmers who raise food God's way!
by Sharon Isaac from Corpus Christi, TX
December 7, 2009, 12:16 PM