Food, Inc. CaseFood, Inc.“Food, Inc.” was a shocking and eye-opening documentary. It was fascinating and at the same time horrifying to learn about what goes on in the food industry that majority of us are not aware of. There are many ethical and moral issues when it comes to how our food is grown, produced, handled and distributed.
One particular issue in the documentary that particularly bothered me was how food is produced in order to feed the masses. Back in the olden days, a crop could only feed handfuls of people but in today’s world, a crop takes care of hundreds. That is a great improvement and advancement for the world. It is great that we can feed more people than we used to be able to. What bothers me is the way that such food is grown and distributed. Everything is done for convenience and for the lowest cost possible. Instead of feeding cows grass like they should, big companies are feeding them corn because it is cheap and abundant. You see “farmer” this or “famer” that on food labels when really it is just the top 4 companies that have mass-produced the food. They want to produce a lot of food on a small amount of land at an affordable price and at the fastest rate possible.
This fast and cheap mass production is where the ethical issues come to play. It is unfair for us to not know what is going on in the farmhouses and factories where our food is produced. The big companies would not even allow the cameramen from “Food, Inc.” to film inside. That there shows me that they are trying to hide something and that they are not making our food the way in which we would hope and expect it to be made. This documentary truly made me want to support my local farmers and small markets where I can find organic foods, grass-fed beef, and chicken that hasn’t been redesigned to have large breasts and grow in 49 days instead of 3 months. I truly am disgusted by the way our food is produced and this film
The filmmakers of the documentary have an extensive list of “issues” that have led them to deny that GMOs are safe and to continue to deny the fact that there are human and environmental factors in our food supply.
1/ The Feds Are Behind this Story
GMO proponents say that food production is controlled by a food safety “chain” that has an exclusive contract with the government. According to the EPA, it is “contrary to common sense and the information available from experts” when “the supply of natural food is controlled by a chain such as that established in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §1934.” However, the Food and Drug Administration did not allow the Food and Drug Administration to regulate genetically engineered food, so it is unclear who is behind this “chain” and in what way – and why.
2/ the EPA’s Propaganda
In 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Agriculture, and numerous other agencies all approved “GMO labeling products” for use in foods produced in or stored in the U.S. from 2009 through 2013. These products have been certified by the USDA as safe for human consumption, except for a small number of foods that do not comply with any of the following requirements.: They must not contain genetically modified organisms, herbicides, fungicides, hormones, preservatives, preservatives applied to, or ingredients not found in the ingredients of genetically modified foods, or may contain or contain residues of the GM maize or GMO corn.
The product must be genetically engineered to achieve the same or similar plant and/or plant-derived characteristics as the GM or other GM crop. (This certification was issued before GMO crops were available. Now the USDA is giving GMO labeling as a standard.)
GMO marketing is conducted through the Center for Food Safety of the Institute for Responsible Technology (IFTR). This is because it is the Department of Agriculture that is the one regulating GMO crops. It is an agricultural industry that promotes the use, sale, and harvesting of GMO crops, including genetically modified crops.
3/ Farmers are Behind this GMO Fraud
Farmers are not the only ones behind this fraud. In addition to their many other problems as a result of GMOs, the FDA and other federal government agencies have been known to deny that GMOs exist. This problem has nothing to do with GMOs, but rather with the food industry’s reliance on the food industry’s own food supply from outside the U.S.. According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 70 percent of all U.S. foods are genetically modified. Although a small portion of foods that belong to the genetically modified crop do not meet any state or federally certified standards, many (most) fruits, vegetables, and whole grains produce more than just