Food, Inc.

Food, Inc.


Food, Inc. pries open a seemingly sealed window allowing the public to have a glimpse into the industrial food system. The movie begins by spotlighting the fact that food can be controlled for public supply and demand, even if not in season at the supplying store or location. How supplying top-tiered companies operate and control the supply and demand of food production in the United States is laid in contrast to small, hometown farmers who strive to be independent of the industrial market. Scrutiny is placed on the industrial food system underlining some with slave-like operation of employees as human machines that enable mass production of modified and engineered food. This led to a “mechanized” process of supply which resulted in a lot of food quickly and affordable and, in turn, a lack of transparency that the public really does not know the source of food. Production methods were not being monitored or controlled which led to numerous historical health outbreaks leading to deaths. This led the public demanding the government to intervene with a construction of food standards that companies have to follow. As it seems, these companies put profit of their company ahead of the health of consumers. This left the public feeling as industry is more protected than human consumers in an effort to produce cheaper food faster. Speed of production is directly related to farmers. If farmers have contracts with supplying food companies, incentives are given which urge the farmers to produce more at a faster pace. In order for this to occur, publically viewed unethical and unhealthy methods of production were used to supply meat and produce. The flip side is that if the farmers did not abide and produce as specified in the contracts, the contract was extinguished placing the farmer at a huge loss. These contracts are basically the heartstring that industrial companies use to keep farmers under control which fuel the industrial food system.

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