Did anyone see this and/or read the companion book? (Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food Is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer—And What You Can Do About It)
Food, Inc. is a documentary directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Robert Kenner.
It examines mass-production of food in America, concluding that the meat and vegetables produced by this type of economic enterprise have many hidden costs and are unhealthy and environmentally-harmful. The film is narrated by Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, two critics of industrial food production.
This documentary was heavily criticized by large American corporations engaged in industrial food production. The film's producers invited on-screen rebuttals from Monsanto Company, Tyson Foods, Smithfield Foods, Perdue Farms, and other companies, but all declined.
The segment on Kevin Kowalcyk (small child who died from e coli hamburger) as told by Barbara Kowalcyk is heartbreaking. And that's just one segment. It also talks about illegal immigrants being recruited by the big companies (they run Spanish "help wanted" ads in Mexican newspapers) and tons of other eye-opening stuff!
Food, Inc. is a documentary directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Robert Kenner.
It examines mass-production of food in America, concluding that the meat and vegetables produced by this type of economic enterprise have many hidden costs and are unhealthy and environmentally-harmful. The film is narrated by Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, two critics of industrial food production.
This documentary was heavily criticized by large American corporations engaged in industrial food production. The film's producers invited on-screen rebuttals from Monsanto Company, Tyson Foods, Smithfield Foods, Perdue Farms, and other companies, but all declined.
The segment on Kevin Kowalcyk (small child who died from e coli hamburger) as told by Barbara Kowalcyk is heartbreaking. And that's just one segment. It also talks about illegal immigrants being recruited by the big companies (they run Spanish "help wanted" ads in Mexican newspapers) and tons of other eye-opening stuff!
