documentary “The Food, INC gave me insight on food production issues that I was unaware of. The manufacturing companies have a strong hold on farmers that prevents the natural way of farming. Farmers spend thousands of dollars purchasing new equipment to make companies such as Tyson happy. These farmers end up borrowing more money than they actually make. The issues in food production include cheap labor, immigration, e-coli contamination, pesticide usage, the fast food industry, and the
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Food Inc. This film was definitely an eye opener, I was not fully aware of the current methods of food production. One of the main issues that shocked me the most, was the way animals were treated and fed. I felt so repulsed when I saw how the cattle was brutally slaughter. The industry has been doing this for years, and we are not doing anything about it. I never really thought about how the animals were treated. I had an idea that it was probably done in a way that was efficient for the industry
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Though an unintentional ,this has had a large impact on the way all food is processed. The top four meat packers now control over 80% of the market, compared to the past,when the top four meat packers controled 20% In America, whoever has the big bucks dictates how things are run. With money, there is no limit to what can be done. According the Youtube video, “Food Inc.” a perfect example of the desire for more is in the food industry. The narrator makes the argument that profit is put before
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Topic: Food Production and Consumption Choices Food Inc The documentary Food Inc was released in 2008. It targets big corporations in how they produce a product. However, the product they are producing are living beings and these big corporations are taking over the majority of the food production process in the U.S. The economic perspective on this movie with be both from the consumer and the producers/suppliers. I will tie in the motivation of food production for these multi-national corporation
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SM 101 Environmental Science VIDEO: Food, Inc. © 2008 by Magnolia Home Entertainment Quoted from the outer case of the DVD – “Food, Inc. lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing how our nation’s food supply in now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer heath, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Food, Inc. reveals surprising – and often shocking truths – about what we eat, how it’s produced
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QUESTIONS 1. Food production has become dangerous. A. more B. less 2. The industrial food system began with: A. dine-in restaurants. B. The fast food drive in. 3. Which corporation is the largest purchaser of potatoes? A. Carl’s Junior B. In ‘N Out C. McDonald’s D. None of the above 4. The top four beef packers control percent of the market. A. 30 B. 50 C. 80 D. 99 5. It takes days for today’s chicken to arrive to market. Could not find this in the film (even rewound)
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Food Inc Essay America’s way of eating and growing food has evolved more in the past 50 years than the previous 10,000 years. Which is shocking to me, upon learning how this happened and the consequences of this happening, needless to say I w as really upset. The whole industrial food industry started to take off right along with the fast food industry “boom” in the early 1930’s; being McDonalds their bigger customer. But with McDonalds’s continuous growing need for ground beef, potatoes and
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Food Inc. 4/6/13 In class last Tuesday we watched a documentary called Food Inc. This film was an eye opener for most people but being that I am a sixth generation farmer I understand how the seed, meat, and poultry corporations work. This film discussed the problems with the food industry today, and what we need to do to change the future of how our food is made and processed. In the first section of this documentary they talked about the food industry as a whole and how most of the food
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Kali Smith 14214249 Feb. 3rd, 2016 AS 2111 Food Inc. The documentary Food Inc. has raised a lot of issues that face how our agriculture system is runs. Its purpose was to give people an insight to what is actually going on in the food industry and to show us what we are actually eating and how it is processed. The creators of Food Inc. uncovered some very disturbing information. From the documentary, I came up with many different issues that the food system has. These issues included: a few huge
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Notting Foods Inc.—Background Notting Foods Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. It was founded in 1939 and is now the world’s largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef and pork. The company produces a wide variety of branded, processed food products and is the recognised leader in almost every retail and food service market it serves. With revenues of US$30 billion, Notting has 142 800 employees and more than 360 facilities and offices in 32 US states and 22 countries. Notting
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