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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 94 min.) |
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Fast food to all food -- A cornucopia of choices -- Unintended consequences -- The dollar menu -- In the grass -- Hidden costs -- From seed to the supermarket -- The veil -- Shocks to the system -- Power of the consumer |
| Summary |
You'll never look at dinner the same way again. In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli--the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast food nation), Michael Pollan (The omnivore's dilemma, in defense of food: an eater's manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising--and often shocking truths--;about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here. "'More than a terrific movie - it's an important movie." Entertainment Weekly |
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| Credits |
Directed by Robert Kenner ; executive producers, William Pohlad, Jeff Skoll, Robin Schorr, Diane Weyermann ; producers, Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein ; co-producers, Eric Schlosser, Richard Pearce, Melissa Robledo ; writers, Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein, Kim Roberts ; director of photography, Richard Pearce ; editor, Kim Roberts ; music, Mark Adler |
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Interviewees include Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan, Gary Hirshberg, Joel Salatin |
| Event |
Originally produced by Roadshow Films in 2008 |
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Food industry and trade -- United States
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Food industry and trade -- United States -- Quality control
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Agricultural industries -- United States
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Agricultural industries.
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Food industry and trade.
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Food industry and trade -- Quality control.
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United States.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Streaming video
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Kenner, Robert, film director
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Kanopy (Firm)
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