My first reaction to the movie Food Inc. was "HOLY SHIT! THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TELLING THE CLASS ABOUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO!" What I wanted to describe to the class was that there is clearly MASSIVE amounts of energy, land, and animal life being sacrificed to bring our entire country its meals. These sacrifices are on an extraordinary scale.
This view of mine is located in a previous blog entry I had posted.
What did I find the most moving about this documentary?
The lack of faces willing to represent the machine of our food system. Not a single representative from one of the four major corporations was willing to show their face for an interview. What does this translate to in the eyes of the public? What I think it should translate to is a lack of willingness to take responsibility. The "corporation" is not a faceless entity - there are human beings working in the corporation's buildings as well as in their farms.
Every human being in America should be held accountable for their actions and the CEOs of major corporations should be no different. Regardless of what people end up thinking of them, personally.
They should at least have the courage to look a camera in the *eye* and say "What I am doing is legal, therefore, you cannot tell me it is wrong."
The methods used for creating masses of corn and wheat and patenting it is... dare I say, monopolization? And the methods of feeding the livestalk [with corn] in pens, standing knee deep in cow pie, is definitely unsanitary.
Altogether, it seems these four major corporations have taken the soul out of farming and advertise as though it still exists.
So where is the good? For all evils, there must be a good to counteract it, right?
Organic. 'nuff said.
Well maybe not. The farmer who was interviewed about his non-expansive organic farming practices was, in my opinion, a farming philosopher. And he was obviously completely connected with the production of his foods - preparing them for sale, by hand, and ON CAMERA. He showed that food can be produced in the abundance that our country needs WITHOUT relying on all of the repulsive practices of our friendly mass production corporations.
The message of this documentary was made very clear - its all in our hands, at the end of the day.
I think its a film everyone should see.
It was a pretty cool story bro.
Kevin's Law - S. 5450, 60th Cong. (2007) (enacted)
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I was likewise disturbed by the unwillingness of anyone in charge of the major food corporations willing to talk about the issues on camera. I think they have an ethical obligation to explain themselves to the public they serve. Politicians have to be held accountable to the public because their decisions effect the public at large. Why is business exempt?
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