Wow. Just wow. This film truly opened my eyes. I had never seen this movie before, though I had heard of it and heard it was a good film for everyone to see I just never took the time to sit down to watch it until now.
It just goes to show what people will do for money. I never really realized that just these 3 or 4 large conglomerates dominated the food market like this film stated. I was priveleged to take a class last quarter called Journalism 190 (which I HIGHLY reccommend all of you take if this film interested you) that discussed the media monopolies like Viacomm that simply brainwash us into eating certain foods, behaving certain ways, and doing EXACTLY what they want us to do. This film reminded me very much of the many different films we watched in that class. It was crazy to see the extent these corporations go to just to make a buck. Like genetically modifying chicken so that their breasts are larger? I mean come on.... sure Americans for the most part prefer to eat white meat but completely changing the species of an animal and altering the course of nature just for the sake of profit is simply not okay. It's frusterating to see that the FDA and USDA see these things going on but yet don't do a thing about it. I guess the hard part to consider is where do you draw the line? What is okay and what isn't? All I know is that this movie really made me think and like the person below stated, I also will NEVER EAT TYSON CHICKEN AGAIN... blech. It just creeps me out to think about it.
Bucher, O; D'Aoust, JY; and Holley, RA. "Thermal resistance of Salmonella serovars isolated from raw, frozen chicken nuggets/strips, nugget meat and pelleted broiler feed." Weblog Entry. Department of Food Science, University of Manitoba. 7 March 2008.
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I completely understand what you're saying about the money hungry companies, and the issues with our blind consumerism. I mean, I don't agree with what they are doing to gain a buck, although your comment on the genetically modifying the chickens was an interesting point to me. The fact that they are often using steroids or other chemicals to do this kind of change is just not right to me, but to me, the entire idea of changing a species to better suit us is what we've done for thousands of years. The only way horses have become the way they are now is through careful breeding so that all the weight put on them is supported by their backside. In a sense that is modifying the species. To me, if it means breeding chickens in a natural way so that their breasts are larger and contain more white meat, its only natural.
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