| Food, Inc. |  | Director: Robert Kenner
Actor: Eric Schlosser
Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
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Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 91 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
MPN: 10216
UPC: 876964002165
EAN: 0876964002165
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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| - | In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farm |
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Food, Inc. lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing how our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, 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 and who we have become as a nation.
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For most Americans, the ideal meal is fast, cheap, and tasty. Food, Inc. examines the costs of putting value and convenience over nutrition and environmental impact. Director Robert Kenner explores the subject from all angles, talking to authors, advocates, farmers, and CEOs, like co-producer Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma), Gary Hirschberg (Stonyfield Farms), and Barbara Kowalcyk, who's been lobbying for more rigorous standards since E. coli claimed the life of her two-year-old son. The filmmaker takes his camera into slaughterhouses and factory farms where chickens grow too fast to walk properly, cows eat feed pumped with toxic chemicals, and illegal immigrants risk life and limb to bring these products to market at an affordable cost. If eco-docs tends to preach to the converted, Kenner presents his findings in such an engaging fashion that Food, Inc. may well reach the very viewers who could benefit from it the most: harried workers who don't have the time or income to read every book and eat non-genetically modified produce every day. Though he covers some of the same ground as Super-Size Me and King Korn, Food Inc. presents a broader picture of the problem, and if Kenner takes an understandably tough stance on particular politicians and corporations, he's just as quick to praise those who are trying to be responsible--even Wal-Mart, which now carries organic products. That development may have more to do with economics than empathy, but the consumer still benefits, and every little bit counts. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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 FOOOD,Inc March 22, 2010
James D. Corbin (boston, ma)
This should be required veiwing in every school. Kids would reallly know what is happening with their food and how the government has ruined the farming and food supply in the United States. While they force healthcare reform through the house, they are responsible for killing more people with their "cheap food" then anything other cause.
 informative March 21, 2010
Foodie (Sacramento, CA)
A real eye-opener. This video will make you want to know where your food comes from and what's really in it. No wonder we're one of the fattest and unhealthiest countries in the world. It's made me a real fan of my local farmer's markets.
Food, Inc. March 21, 2010
Ingawati Maskun (Duluth, MN - USA)
Capitalism is not bad. Monopoly is. Whether you're a meat eater or a vegetarian, you need to know where your foods come from and what good do they do to our health. Very informative documentary!!
Food Inc Makes You Think Everytime in Grocery Store March 20, 2010
Tom Adams (San Diego, CA)
Powerful movie. Grocery store visits less appealing. This movie will change the way you look at food. Forever.
Where did that food on your table come from?? March 20, 2010
JJ from Indiana (USA)
This documentary--though distressing to view at times--is a must see if you want to KNOW about the food you are buying--whether it is wholesome --or not! It reports many questionable and unsafe practices by the food industry--and it makes me even more concerned than before about the way livestock and food get to our table!!
Watch it! This documentary gives some good ideas of what each consumer can do about the problems!! Then take some of the recommended actions and REMEMBER: every food dollar you spend is a VOTE to let the food industry know what you want!! If your only concern is cheap food, you can get it! But at what cost to health and safety of our food supply!
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