Food Inc.
Recently in class a topic of discussions has been obesity in America. So to further own knowledge on the subject we were shown the movie Food Inc. directed by Robert Kenner. Throughout the movie the term “agribusiness” was used as if it was common knowledge, whereas, it isn’t. Agribusiness is the proper term for farms that produce goods for large corporations as their main source of income, such as the meat and produce industries. The farmers rarely if not completely look down on the very product they provide, each stating that what they were doing isn’t what farming was about, but with the heavy debts instilled by the merciless companies keeping the farmers under their thumb what else are they to do but what the company tells them. A choice between providing for your family or having the ability to be proud of what you do should never have to be made. The farmers were explaining how nowadays technology allows them to make GMO products, genetically modified organisms, that grow two to three times the normal mass of standard organisms in half the time. Now that sounds amazing, from the surface, but the fact is that the GMO products contain ultra-dense calories that our bodies have an exceedingly hard time digesting and implementing to its advantage; imagine that, non-natural food being hard to convert to energy. Food Inc. may have been an informative movie but its’ completely one sided standpoint was almost too much to bear. Understanding the negatives about GMOs and the mistreatment of live stalk is one thing but you mustn’t forget the good the new super food does to poorer nations and to keep up with society’s unruly demands for larger portion sizes and more convenient foods. Is it not the consumer who determines what’s demanded? One is always quick to blame when something bad happens and they’re at fault. By taking responsibility and by demonstrating our power as consumers we can return to the original produce that used to be widely and cheaply...