Food Inc
Essays

Agrobusiness is dirty, not just because farming involves long hours cleaning up animal waste and piling manure but because the food industry has been operating with questionable ethics for decades.

After the current outbreaks of salmonella which brought a scare to those living in the US, looking at the documentary Food Inc. has actually been the best thing. This film is known as the exposé of the food industry. Directed by Robert Kenner, the documentary was brought to the movie theaters in the US in 2009, and then it hit the DVD stands in 2010. Even though it did fail in the fact of bring home any kind of sharp political conclusions, the film is a damning accusation of the incapability of the profit system to provide safe and healthy food for the vast mainstream of the public.

This paper lists interesting quotes from the book Food Inc. and accompanies those quotes with commentaries. The analysis is divided evenly into four parts. In each part, five quotes are listed on the left side of the column and commentaries (consisting of personal observations, thoughts, and questions) are listed on the right side of the column.

The Industrialization of Farming and Agriculture:

The 2008 documentary Food, Inc. highlights the evolution of food processing in the United States during the last 50 years. Food, Inc. also brings attention to the tremendous amount of pressure exerted on farmers as they…

¶ … Robert Kenner, Food, Inc. creates a lasting, shocking and deeply troubling portrait of the ugly, greed-based business of food production in America.

Critical Evaluation: Food, Inc. Documentary

The documentary film Food, Inc. paints a sobering picture of the relationship between human beings and animals in the modern agricultural system. Animals are treated like disposable commodities and subjected to harsh, cruel environments. They suffer in confinement and are raised upon unnatural diets and are even bred to be suited to consumer demand for features such as large chicken breasts.