Food, Inc. Review

FOOD INC. - very palatable movie! Rating: 88 out of 100. (Based on advance press preview) by MOVIES REVIEWER
Weeks ago I attended the advance press preview of this well-made illuminating documentary. FOOD INC. is a expose on the American food production industry and process - heavy focus on the beef, poultry, soy and corn production while tying-in how the restrictive (our US government's) USDA and FDA's regulations AND politics affects our food and agricultural production practices. There are many unsavory moments in the movie but the truth does hurt AND enlighten - cows and pigs mistreated; genetically-engineered chicken cooped-up in hot and crowded chicken houses; huge food and chemical conglomerates' under-handed business tactics; etc. And balancing all that are interviews with various authors and 'green'-activists plus a remarkably blunt upfront mesmerizing farmer, Joel Salatin - whose humor, philosophies and business practices are laudably admirable. If you care about your health and what you eat - GO SEE this important life-changing movie. Actual GRADE: B-PLUS

Food, Inc. by afisher333
This movie shows clearly what the few multinational corporations controlling virtually all of our food production do NOT want the public to see or know about: - How unlike the picture of the nice, rural family farm on so many food packages the actual production of our food is, and how much closer to a factory assemply line. - Chicken mass producers are forced deeper and deeper into debt. - How dirty, unsanitary, and disease prone - especially ecoli - these huge factory farms for beef, pork, and chickens are - How corn has been developed and now is included in over 75% of our processed food - How McDonalds and now most of the food industry hire cheap minority (and now illegal immigrant) help to do the same simple task over and over again - biologically developed seeds "owned" by Monsanto place formerly friendly neighbor farmers against each other - How much power we consumers DO have through our choices of what to buy

Food, Inc. - A Must on your Shopping List by PrinceAndTheRevolution
"Food, Inc." is excellent! A documentary that is thought-provoking, enlightening and, most of all, disturbing (scary might even be a better description). I can't imagine anyone would see this film and not look at grocery shopping and the food industry in a completely different way. "Food, Inc." pulls back the curtain on how our food makes it's way to the dinner table - especially focusing on how it's grown, processed, manufactured and marketed to consumers. So many of us take for granted all of the food available to us, but don't seem to care much about its impact on our economy, our health or our planet. This documentary strives to encourage more people to take action the next time they're at the checkout stand. We need to ask more questions and demand higher standards from the food industry regarding the quality, safety and sustainability of our food supply. Anyone who eats should see this film!

SEE IT ONLY IF YOU WANT TO SURVIVE by qqaazz
FOOD INC. Hope everyone is enjoying the summer -- it's going by fast! but not as fast as one of the most important movies of the past decade got thrown out of syndicated theatres: that's right: Food Inc. Do whatever you have to do to see this film, immediately. Skip lunch! Just 10 days ago I saw Food Inc at a large mall theatre in San Jose, a packed house. Gone in 4 days from all theatres! Control of media? I was astounded! Here was the most graphic expose' I had ever seen of the exact material contained in my nutrition seminars for the past 4 years, except this wasn't at some hotel meeting space. No, this was big time media, general public. About how Agribusiness has replaced agriculture, about corporate control of the means of plant and animal food production, and the facilities and techniques they have to employ for such massive operations- the way cows, chickens, hogs, turkeys, etc are treated and the drugs they use --DR T thedoctorwithin

Bloated. by boulder4552
Having grown up in a farming family I know that this does happen, there is no denying it. Yet many farmers are forced to do this because they either produce cheaper and faster products or declare bankruptcy. My family eats our own products because they are healthy and of great quality. As proof I have only been to the hospital twice for emergencies in 24 years. Only until recent years has my family made a profit off our produce. We have had to rely on the government for help because we can't charge more for our food or we are called "evil", "greedy", or "trying to starve the world". So when it really comes down to it. PAY MORE for your FOOD so we can buy better machines and technologies for efficiency and better quality food for our livestock because in the end it is you that has to deal with it.

"Food"? blecch... by rwinbush
This is one of those documentaries that you loved, but wish you hadn't seen. It is powerful, very well-organized and gives you a take away that you *must* deal with everyday --- what do you eat, why do you eat it and what you're going to do about it. Critics often denounce a film as being "preachy", but some films need to be, especially when it comes to life and death matters. Food, Inc. is like that and I love it. I'm encouraging my friends to see it, because it is simply powerful.

A MUST SEE FOR ALL AMERICANS! by hkberk
This is an excellent, if not extremely disturbing, view of America's food supply. It does a great job of explaining the farmer's dilemma, and how corporate greed and government blunders have led our food supply down a very dangerous path. It also highlights the power of the consumer to drive change, including an interview with Walmart buyers who explain why they have decided to shift to organic and hormone-free milk. If consumers can influence a corporate giant like Walmart, we can certainly influence the agribusiness as a whole. This is an important film for anybody who cares about the food they consume and the health, human rights, and environmental impacts influenced by every food purchase.

Half truth and half propaganda by jshpmn
This movie provides very important information about the disgusting nature of our industrial food complex. The sections featuring Virginia Farmer Joel Salatin and Michael Pollen (author of The Omnivore's Dilemma--very good book, btw) are superb, but the producers of the movie seem to believe more government regulations are the answer and frame the production to meet this requirement. The truth is (and Salatin would agree) all the regulations have pushed local farms into the clutches of agribusiness because the government has made it prohibitively expensive or illegal to feed "local". My wife and I are firmly behind "local" food movement, but not more government regulations; hence the review---half was propaganda and half was vital information about our food supply---hence everyone should see this movie.

Wake up people by caligirl61
Wake up and stop eating at the government feed bins. Haven't you ever wondered why there are so many cases of cancer? Heart disease? etc.... And why is it that our grandparents, great grandparents ate red meat , potatoes, eggs and white bread and lived to a ripe old age without the latest medical care? No processed foods that's why! Chickens were allowed to roam around and eat what came natural. Same with our cows. Start going to your local farmer's markets and you will be surprised how the food tastes. It's time to take our food back. Our own government is killing us. We need our good ole local farmers back. And we need to get the corporations out of our foods. Maybe we need to stop being such ravenous pigs. We wouldn't need such mass production of chicken and beef if started eating more of what God put on this planet for us. You are all going to stand before your maker and have to explain why you did nothing to save that poor chicken from suffering. Why not save one of God's animals?

Food, Inc. by Belt
This film is a "MUST GO!" for educational purposes, not necessarily for entertainment. However, it is an entertaining way to be educated. Food, Inc. is the dessert in my meal of films that have changed my life - Earthlings, Fast Food Nation, King Corn, and Super Size Me. If you appreciated any of these other films I've mentioned, you will appreciate Food, Inc. If you haven't seen any one of these films, I would recommend them all. Some people are already aware of all the issues these films present, but for a person like myself, it was a major awakening - hard to swallow at times, but deeply satisfying as a catalyst for change. Food, Inc. can be a pretty frustrating film to experience because of the helplessness you may feel from seeing how wrong things are in our food industry, but it makes a strong, valid point. We are voting each time we purchase a product, a food. Our purchases, our "votes", can bring about the needed change in an industry where only money matters.