Film Summary And Film Analysis: Food Inc.

In the modern world, customers and consumers intake a variety of foods; but primarily, foods from the fast food production industry. Under the images of farmers, ranchers, and animals on certain food products, there’re actually assembly lines in factories supervising the distribution of the food we eat today. The film Food Inc. directed by Robert Kenner takes its audience to the examination and inspection of the industrial production of meat in the United States, and revealed its hidden truth, emphasizing on the harm it has on the environment, animals, and the human population, which is crucially important and vital to the development of our nation. Back then in the 20th century, Upton Sinclair wrote about the errors and flaws in the meat packing

“But what I would like is a burger. My favorite meal today remains a hamburger and a French fries. I had no idea that a handful of companies had changed how we eat and how we make our food. I’ve been eating all these foods all my life without knowing where it comes from,” stated by an interviewee in the film (Kenner, Food Inc.). The statement mentioned previously demonstrate the paucity of knowledge many consumers have. The interviewee, in particular, described that he doesn’t know where and how his favorite meal, which consists of a hamburger and fries, was created and distributed. Furthermore, the documentary-film also presents its audiences another interviewee, with similar aspects of the previous one mentioned above. However, this interviewee gave the viewers another aspect of the

Rosa Soto, whose working for the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, mentioned, “There is something going on, in the way we live our lives, where we are playing, where we buy our foods, and the type of foods we’re able to buy, is causing an epidemic, and it’s not just our community, it’s not just Baldwin Park; it’s everywhere…. It usually the Type II diabetes that only affects adults, and now it’s affecting children,” (Kenner, Food Inc.). The statement presents the idea that the commonly eaten foods are negatively affecting the lives of children, whom are the future of our nation. Unexpectedly, Ms. Soto stated how Type II diabetes are developing in children, primarily because their eating habits. It is vital to note the fact that mass production of food, often leads to the lack of safety and quality of foods produced; therefore, are unhealthy for