Food is a necessity that every living thing needs to survive. Humans demand food increases by the minute and with the help of new technologies, they are given to us quickly. But very seldom do people stop and think about the consequence of the food we buy so easily at a grocery shop. It is not our fault that we do not often stop to think about the kind of food we are buying because a lot of it is hidden from us. The effect that it is having on the environment, the work conditions and the side effects of eating some of these foods. The problem just does not stop there, even though we see many brands in a supermarket, they are almost all owned by a selected few big companies. If we do not start addressing this issue now, we will have a bigger …show more content…
Choices with cars, jobs, foods, clothes, technology and so much more. These choices also come with a price, but more than that in the food industry they are with a façade. The top four beef and pork companies control more than 80%of the market ( Food Inc. 7:40), but we see different company names on the aisle, in reality, it is mainly these four companies. The same goes for grains, Monsanto created a product called Round UP which according to Food Inc. Monsanto’s patented gene is in over 90% of the soybeans (Food Inc. 1:07:45.) These companies have an immense amount of power and it is pretty scary. Barbara Kowalcyk is a Food Safety Advocate who is trying hard to get the Kevin Law passed which gives the U.S.D.A. the power to shut down a company if it repeatedly fails a test multiple times, but it still has not been passed. She makes a statement which really hit hard “We put faith in our government to protect us, and we’re not being protected at the most basic level” (Food Inc. 32:31.) These companies pay and threaten people to keep their mouth shut about what really happens inside their walls and more that there are people in power to keep them safe and no one can hurt these