Food, Inc.

I'm sure all of you have heard me mention the informative documentary Food, Inc. Produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Robert Kenner, and co-produced by investigative journalist, best-selling author, etc. Eric Schlosser, this film exposes the "highly mechanized underbelly" of our nation's food industry, shows evidence and facts that prove our food supply is controlled by a small handful of corporations that put profit ahead of consumers health, the employment of the American farmer, our environment, and the safety of workers in the industry. This film also reveals the atrocities hidden from us by the USDA and the FDA (government regulatory agencies), etc. 

How do you think your chicken developed bigger breasts? How did we build up to herbicide-resistant soybean seeds? Where did all of the new strains of E. Coli come from? Why are we one of the most obese countries? Why the "epidemic" number of adults living with diabetes? This film which features interviews with experts such as Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, which I am currently reading, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto) and Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) shows us the shocking truths behind how the foods we eat are produced.

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly stated "I'm not generally in the habit of praising movies for being good for you, but Food, Inc. is more than just a terrific documentary - it's an important movie, one that nourishes your knowledge of how the world works." This is completely true. Food, Inc. is a great film that opens our eyes to the damages done to both our country, as well as the harmful practices now used in the food industry. As John Anderson, Variety states Food, Inc. "Does for the supermarket what 'Jaws' did for the beach."

You can read up on the film, as well as those associated with the documentary on the movies website: http://www.foodincmovie.com/index.php