Summary
Food Inc. is a documentary film following the industrialization of food in America. The film covers everything from Fast Food and its success to where the food used comes from and the horrifying strides that companies take to rule the food world.
McDonald’s is one of the corporations that change what we eat and how we make our food. It has turned into a factory; the workers are taught to do one job all day. The meat that is used by these companies is not produced by farms but by corporations. Tyson is the biggest meat packing company in the history of the world. Their meat is raised and slaughtered in half the time of farms. The chickens coming off the farm must be exactly the same size. They are grown in 49 days as opposed to three months. These animals never see the light of day; they’re born and raised in the dark and injected with growth hormones- putting more money in the business’ pockets.
This entire movie is about how the industrialization of our food is ruining America. It goes on to touch on The Dollar Menu and whether or not families have a choice as to what they eat? Since corn is so cheap, it is being made into everything through high fructose corn syrup. The cheapest foods are usually soda, candy, snacks, and fast food chains. Most of the time, these families could get two hamburgers for the price of three pears.
Also, what about Organic food? Is it really any better than nonorganic? A sale of a million dollars worth of organic food to a corporation such at Walmart could change the food world alone.
This movie is about the good, the bad, and the ugly. Watch with caution.
Questions
1. Is organic food really better for you than nonorganic food?
2. What other companies raise farm animals the way that Tyson and Purdue do?
3. Does the fact that the FDA lowered their standard guidelines promote the industrialization of food in America?
4. Is Kevin’s Law being enforced the way it was meant to be?
5. What would we, as Americans, have to do to fix the problems that are being caused by big corporations?
6. Would farms be able to yield the same amount of produce and meat that big corporations do to support the current standards of living in the U.S.?
7. Does the decline of the farming industry in the United States play a role in the monopolizing of corporations?
8. Does income level play a role in obesity?
9. Is it really industry vs. farms?
10. Why does it take the FDA so long to react to incidences concerning their mistakes?
Food Inc. is a documentary film following the industrialization of food in America. The film covers everything from Fast Food and its success to where the food used comes from and the horrifying strides that companies take to rule the food world.
McDonald’s is one of the corporations that change what we eat and how we make our food. It has turned into a factory; the workers are taught to do one job all day. The meat that is used by these companies is not produced by farms but by corporations. Tyson is the biggest meat packing company in the history of the world. Their meat is raised and slaughtered in half the time of farms. The chickens coming off the farm must be exactly the same size. They are grown in 49 days as opposed to three months. These animals never see the light of day; they’re born and raised in the dark and injected with growth hormones- putting more money in the business’ pockets.
This entire movie is about how the industrialization of our food is ruining America. It goes on to touch on The Dollar Menu and whether or not families have a choice as to what they eat? Since corn is so cheap, it is being made into everything through high fructose corn syrup. The cheapest foods are usually soda, candy, snacks, and fast food chains. Most of the time, these families could get two hamburgers for the price of three pears.
Also, what about Organic food? Is it really any better than nonorganic? A sale of a million dollars worth of organic food to a corporation such at Walmart could change the food world alone.
This movie is about the good, the bad, and the ugly. Watch with caution.
Questions
1. Is organic food really better for you than nonorganic food?
2. What other companies raise farm animals the way that Tyson and Purdue do?
3. Does the fact that the FDA lowered their standard guidelines promote the industrialization of food in America?
4. Is Kevin’s Law being enforced the way it was meant to be?
5. What would we, as Americans, have to do to fix the problems that are being caused by big corporations?
6. Would farms be able to yield the same amount of produce and meat that big corporations do to support the current standards of living in the U.S.?
7. Does the decline of the farming industry in the United States play a role in the monopolizing of corporations?
8. Does income level play a role in obesity?
9. Is it really industry vs. farms?
10. Why does it take the FDA so long to react to incidences concerning their mistakes?
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