Yesterday in class we viewed a movie called food Inc. here is my opinion on the movie. First let’s point out the fact that the movie was well composed and pointed out facts really well. It had an anti-industrial food standpoint, which brought out many good arguments against big food companies. I myself can’t say I’m anti big business but what these companies are doing is wrong. Food should be good for you, but after all the biological alterations what’s left is better off in the garbage.
Corn is the biggest crop currently farmed in America. It is used to make most snacks and beverages. Practically most if not any product you buy has corn in it. Corn is good creamed or on the cob, but all these byproducts created from it is not good for you. The government is the one who caused this because they pay farmers to over produce and subsidize according to the amount of corn produced. This same corn is fed to livestock. Corn is not natural for these animals to eat. Cows are supposed to eat grass, as to chickens and grain, but these big companies use this feed to fatten up the livestock and with the help of their chemicals make them grow faster. So of course they can be sent to the slaughter faster.
I’m not even going to tell you about the anomalies cause by these diets and the physical suffering these animals go through. Just like the movie says the government needs to take a stand against big business and make them change their ways, because they may not be eating the food they produce but we are. We also should have the right to know what’s in our food. All and all this is a great movie and I’m looking at food in a whole new perspective.
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