Film Analysis: Food, Inc.

In watching “Food, Inc.” I paid attention to how and if the film “[lifts] the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing how the US food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health.” After witnessing an hour and a half of slaughterhouse filled with overcrowded animals living in their on feces and body parts so overgrown that they cannot walk I was furious and horrified especially since I eat animal products every day. These disgusting and inhuman conditions are how these companies are able to mass produce the food I eat and buy so I am definitely a part of the problem. I’ve always tried to reduce the amount of animal products I eat but nothing is more motivating to stop eating them all together than learn about how they are produced. I think sometimes that is all one can do

It would only take five days of being grass-fed to kill all the bacteria in the cow’s stomach and yet, no one allows it. Everyone is aware of this simple fix but instead of this, beef is washed in chlorine to kill the bacteria, then sold to stores and customers. When the producers of “Food, Inc.” asked to interview these big companies, guilty of these practices, they refused. My sense of trust in the American food industry has most definitely been shaken. While it is understandable that companies are competing to cut as many costs as possible to sell their product at the best prices, it should really be recognized that their products are living beings and deserve to be treated humanely. I would much rather pay more for animals products if I knew the animals being used and killed were treated well and safely. The risk of an animal having a disease than their meat being chemically treated in order to make my lunch is way too high and it's not worth being able to sell meat at such low