Where do you think your burger came from? No not the restaurant, but where it actually came from. Food Inc. portrays the idea that the food we eat is not a "real" as people may assume. There are no farms but factories creating our food on assembly lines. Animals are being mistreated and chemicals are being spread all over the plants to create the "perfect" and best-tasting crop. People should stick to organic foods because it supports pesticide-free crops and goes against animal abuse.
This 2008 documentary aims to expose the majorly unknown and inhumane policies that are widely practiced by America’s food industry. The doc also attempts to spotlight a few specific companies, and their practices, that are both ethically responsible and significantly
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Scenes like those only make the repeated phrase, “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian,” all the more true. Personal stories, such as the one that focused on the industrial chicken farmer, are also highly effective as they show that not only do the animals suffer, but the people involved at the lower levels of the industry (i.e. those who are raising/growing the actual food such as farmers) suffer as well. In that particular story about the industrial chicken farmer, farmer Carole Morison refused to change her already confined chicken housing structure to an even more constricted one, and was fired due to her decision. Morison stressed that when farmers like her sign contracts with food companies like Perdue, they are often trapped in their contracts as a refusal to expand or conform to the company’s demands will result in a lost job. This is a worst-case scenario for the farmer as, on average, they have already invested $500,000, much of which is usually borrowed from banks. Stories like these not only make the audience feel sympathetic for the farmers, but also helps point the finger at the corporate leaders rather than the actual