Food Inc. will greatly make me reconsider my food intake, no question about that. Although, I can not do anything (immediate) to change my economic status, I can start changing the way I eat. I WILL NEVER EAT TYSON CHICKEN AGAIN. And everyone else should consider the same.
Not only did I take this away from the film but I never considered that only three to four corporations control the American food industry. Although I do not consider myself an anarchist or for that matter, that much of a rebel, I just can not participate in this American system. I have to rebel in some way. Although I think I probably will not, and will be eating some of their food in the future. It is just so frustrating that we have turned into this, and that for a small time there was a glimmer of change but we went back to poor working conditions and poor (gross) food just to make money.
When I was hit with the immediate image of the chicken farmers at the beginning of the film, I knew that this movie would have some impact on me. I do not know if I will be able to get out of my head the factory workers snapping the heads of numerous chicks. Or the information that Tyson farms modified these birds so that they'll breasts will grow larger just because the American consumer likes white meat. And it is not only how the animals are treated, the image of Smithfield shows that the consumption of Americans' (and other countries') meat keeps worker's jobs intact. However disgusting and dangerous their jobs may be, they need it, and the job can be taken no matter how long they've had it or how hard they've been working. It is a vicious cycle.
Again Food Inc. has made me greatly consider my food intake. I will be checking out the website cited at the end of the film: takepart.com/foodinc. A journal article to consider:
Frazer, Lance. "Chicken Electronics: A Technology Plucked From Waste." Environmental Health Perspective. July 2004
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I agree with you wholeheartedly. It is so frustrating because I do not want to support corporations that engage in these practices, but I know I will likely be eating their products in the future. Even though documentaries like these shed light only on a few corporations, there are many more we are unaware of. I'd recommend watching The Cove, it takes place in Japan and they sell dolphin meat with high murcury content off as whale meat and they can get away with it because when it comes to fishing regulations, there are next to none. Mislabeling is happening in the US and probably around the world.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with you completely. This movie honestly grossed me out. I mentioned in my blog as well that I will NOT eat Tyson Chicken ever again. It is frusterating though because instead of eating Tyson meat, I will probably just resort to another corporations meat that probably engages in the same awful activity as Tyson. It's just so hard to do things the right way, when you never know where the food is coming from and how it is made, packaged, and brought to the store you bought it from.
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