This is a great Documentary, why it’s taken us this long to add it to our directory is a mystery, but better late than never – Food Inc.
The following is the plot summary taken from IMDB, courtesy of
Huggo:
The current method of raw food production is largely a response to the growth of the fast food industry since the 1950s. The production of food overall has more drastically changed since that time than
Controlled primarily by a handful of multinational corporations, the global food production business – with an emphasis on the business – has as its unwritten goals production of large quantities of food at low direct inputs (most often subsidized) resulting in enormous profits, which in turn results in greater control of the global supply of food sources within these few companies.
Health and safety (of the food itself, of the animals produced themselves, of the workers on the assembly lines, and of the consumers actually eating the food) are often overlooked by the
Many of the changes are based on advancements in science and technology but often have negative side effects. The products made have been shown in several studies to enlarge male sexual organs and increase male breast size.
The answer that the companies have come up with is to throw more science at the problems to bandage the issues but not the root causes. The global food supply may be in crisis with