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In Food, Inc., film-maker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on the food industry,
exposing the highly mechanised underbelly that’s been hidden from the
consumer with the consent of government regulatory agencies. Food supply
is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of
consumer health, the livelihood of farmers, 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 cause illness for an
estimated 73,000 Americans annually.There is widespread obesity, particularly
among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.
Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation)
and Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma), along with forward-thinking
social entrepreneurs such as Stonyfield Farm’s Gary Hirschberg and Polyface
Farm’s Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising and often shocking truths
about what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become and where we
are going from here.
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