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Food, Inc. | 
 enlarge | Director: Robert Kenner
Actor: Eric Schlosser
Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
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Rating:  302 reviews
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): 5.5 x 5 x 0.8
MPN: 10216
UPC: 876964002165
EAN: 0876964002165
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: November 3, 2009
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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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Product Description
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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 Unbelievable Odor! Everyone must see this film! March 9, 2010
Loren Dale (Seattle)
On a recent roadtrip to California, we were on Interstate 5 and passed an area of feedlots near Stockton - the odor was unbelievable for miles before and after! Some of what we saw in the film is stuff we may have heard about, but to have it all put together coherently brings the information home, right to where we can see the results on our plates and in our refrigerator and cupboards(and in the nostrils of those unlucky enough to work or live near these giant feedlots!) It was mind-boggling and disturbing to really realize what keeps our food so cheap (relative to Europe or Japan or some other nations,) so disturbing we couldn't even watch the whole film in one sitting!
Food, INC, should be required viewing for everyone. Americans must think about what we are allowing to be done to us, our bodies, our country. There are so many questions the film stirs up; Why are the corn farms still being subsidized by taxpayers? Why is corn ethanol being promoted by the government when there are more efficient plants(sugarcane,sugarbeets,some grasses, etc)that can be used to make ethanol, and on and on. . .?
A must see for all! March 9, 2010
D. Vischer (Colorado)
A very real film on our corrupt government & corportate driven food system. It's one that everyone should see (with their kids). We need to start unsing our "three votes" wisely!!
Shocking!!! March 9, 2010
T. Ellis (NY)
This is the most mind blowing movie I have ever seen. It has definetely changed the way I will ever eat, think and look at our "goverment", controled by all these food industries. This is a corrupted country and have been poisoning their own people, making them sick, obese and blinded by the veil of "good", "safe" food they sale.
Food, Inc. March 8, 2010
Now organic (Ventura, CA, USA)
Food, Inc. will IMMEDIATELY change the way you eat. A MUST purchase - especially if you have children or grandchildren.
Food, Inc. March 8, 2010
Heather A. Conway (USA)
This film is one of the most interesting ones I've seen on food production in the US. There are so many complex issues this film covered. It really changes how I look at food. I showed it to my high school students and they were so interested. I think everyone in the US should see it.
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