The Movie “Food Inc.”

The movie “Food Inc.” is a documentary film that illustrates the ugly nature of the food industry in America. Through narration, the director exposes the process that the food bought by Americans undergoes. In addition, the film depicts what being healthy means if the future Americans are to be protected. In the first section, the director Robert Kenner depicts how meat such as pork, chicken, and beef is industrially processed in America. Instead of the FDA and the USDA safeguarding the health of the public, they permit these multinationals to make profits on food. These corporations place their desire for profits above the health of America. In the second part, the director exposes how vegetables and grains are produced industrially. In the final parts, the documentary depicts legal and economic powers that the American food multinational companies possess. These profits come from supplying Americans with cheap but contaminated food. Petroleum based chemicals are employed to grow these crops. In addition, these companies employ advertisements to propagate the eating of unhealthy foods by the public (Food Inc. Film 2008).

I think that the movie totally depicts the American society. Unless something is done to expose the things that happen in these industries, the American public will be in the dark. What the documentary illuminated is quite terrifying but should be employed to show the American public the food that they consume. Of course, the scenes in the film are not to be viewed by those people who faint easily. After watching this film, I began to appreciate the people who call themselves vegetarians. This is because they eat food that is healthier than what we consume. All the information was creatively depicted either shot during sunset or at sunrise. The director wants to make Americans disgusted by how their food is handled by the government. The film was created to make Americans wake up from their unhealthy way of eating (Food Inc. Film 2008).

“The Future of Food” (by Deborah Koons Garcia)

This documentary makes a thorough analysis of how foods that are genetically engineered have found their way into America’s grocery stores. These foods have gained access into other nation states too, like Mexico and Canada. The film airs the notions of various farmers who strongly disagree with the food industry. Furthermore, the film gives a detailed account of the consequences of the new technology on the livelihood and the lives of these farmers. The film depicts the political and market forces that are behind the food that people consume. The film depicts farmers who are angered, because they are being charged by law for the intrusion of genes that are owned by companies. The movie illustrates the costly nature of industrially processed food on the lives of people all over the world. These multinational companies are slowly driving farmers in many countries from their lands into a state of famine and poverty. The film illustrates how globally human beings are reliant on the multinational food corporations. Garcia illustrates the uprising that may happen in the farming fields and at the dining tables of most Americans. It is only when farmers practice large scale agriculture by placing industrial agriculture the food crisis can end in the world(The Future of Food Film 2004).

I feel that the movie depicts the reality of food consumption not only in America but the rest of the world. However, the film is a bit boring as it has too many details on scientific stuff though they were important. For instance, I found all that stuff about the scientific breakthroughs for the last twenty years rather boring (The Future of Food Film 2004).The film has made me aware of how everyone is affected by the production of crops through genetically modified processes. The film has made me appreciate the major topics on food such as ethics, economics, and nutrition. I think that the film’s title should be rewritten. This is because the film depicts more about the history of food than the future of foods. The film illustrates the evolution of food from an agricultural society to an industrialized one.