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Food, Inc. | 
 enlarge | Director: Robert Kenner
Actor: Eric Schlosser
Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Sales Rank: 84
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 91 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: MAGD10216D
UPC: 876964002165
EAN: 0876964002165
ASIN: B0027BOL4G
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: November 3, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Food, Inc. lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing how 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. Food, Inc. reveals surprising - and often shocking truths - about what we eat, how it's produced and who we have become as a nation.
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For most Americans, the ideal meal is fast, cheap, and tasty. Food, Inc. examines the costs of putting value and convenience over nutrition and environmental impact. Director Robert Kenner explores the subject from all angles, talking to authors, advocates, farmers, and CEOs, like co-producer Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma), Gary Hirschberg (Stonyfield Farms), and Barbara Kowalcyk, who's been lobbying for more rigorous standards since E. coli claimed the life of her two-year-old son. The filmmaker takes his camera into slaughterhouses and factory farms where chickens grow too fast to walk properly, cows eat feed pumped with toxic chemicals, and illegal immigrants risk life and limb to bring these products to market at an affordable cost. If eco-docs tends to preach to the converted, Kenner presents his findings in such an engaging fashion that Food, Inc. may well reach the very viewers who could benefit from it the most: harried workers who don't have the time or income to read every book and eat non-genetically modified produce every day. Though he covers some of the same ground as Super-Size Me and King Corn, Food Inc. presents a broader picture of the problem, and if Kenner takes an understandably tough stance on particular politicians and corporations, he's just as quick to praise those who are trying to be responsible--even Wal-Mart, which now carries organic products. That development may have more to do with economics than empathy, but the consumer still benefits, and every little bit counts. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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 Must See-very revealing July 28, 2010
J. Chesney (Waco, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This video will change the way you look at food. It will also alert you to how we are being taken advantage of by the large food producers. They look at us just about the same way they look at a beef cow. The ominous revelation of one multi-national company taking control of all the seeds in the world and crushing anyone who stands in their way is breath-taking. The callous disregard of small children dying of e-coli in favor of relaxed inspections and regulations for the sake of profits is painfully shown through the eyes of a conservative Republican mother turned food safety activist. All it took for her was the death of her two-year old son to learn the hidden story.
Although some have accused the film makers of left-leaning bias, an independent study of the facts will confirm their even-handed treatment of the subject.
Wake up and tell others.
Eye opening, of course July 28, 2010
David Garvin (Sugarland, TX USA)
Everything about this movie and the book tie-in, is astonishing. Much better than Al Gore's movie for that matter. I have shown it to my family members so they can make better choices in the food they buy and eat. Must see!
Food, Inc. is a "must see" Documentary -- A life changer July 25, 2010
sharhem
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a fabulous Movie, and it is certain to change your life. This documentary explains some of the reasons not previously disclosed for our national problems with weight gain. This shows how apparently up to 90% of our soybeans are controlled by a chemical company, and are apparently sprayed with roundup as they grow. We need to understand what is happening with the food supply, and how it affects us as well as the animals and crops. Excellent. The realistic parts are tough showing actual animals but those parts are short. See the entire film and you will make changes in your life for the better.
Life Changing Information! July 22, 2010
Curly (VALDOSTA, GA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I began eating a little better a few weeks before my knee replacement, lost 12 to 15 lbs. Had a bad reaction to anesthesia and/or pain meds, so I didn't eat for 5 days. The 2nd day home I watched this movie, it made such an impact, I've eaten meat only once since and have dropped another 45 lbs. I FEEL GREAT! I offer this movie to anyone that will watch it, so far all have come away with changed diets, if not lives. The movie doesn't try to convince you to eat a particular way, it just presents the information in such a way that you are at your own will to come to your own conclusion. For me I equate eating commercially processed meat to having to survive on bugs, grubs, and roaches. I've completely sworn off hamburger meat and chicken, unless it's free range. Now it's a game my wife and I play in the grocery store spotting the corn by products in almost all processed foods. It's actually harder finding the ones that don't have any. I HIGHLY recommend this movie to everyone and especially those with health and weight problems.
Shopping great, DVD tough! July 21, 2010
Joan M. Walker (Bell, FL USA)
DVD arrived timely and in great shape. Nicely packaged. Subject matter difficult, as I had been warned. Glad to have bought the DVD used, as I'll pass it on rather than keep it for future viewing.
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