| Food Inc. |  | Director: Robert Kenner
Actors: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Gary Hirshberg, Troy Roush, Joel Salatin
Studio: Alliance (Universal)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 87
Format: NTSC
Language: English (Unknown)
Running Time: 94 Minutes
UPC: 065935829669
EAN: 0065935829669
ASIN: B002PCHG7G
Release Date: April 6, 2010
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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 Korn, 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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 Want to know the truth??? June 21, 2010
T. Livingstone (New Brunswick, Canada)
If you want to know the unvarnished truth about factory farms, the fast food burgers you eat, and the processed foods that you buy at the grocery store, then watch the Food, Inc. dvd. You'll never think the same about food after seeing this, and, in addition, all the food recalls will make a lot of sense. My husband and I were not disappointed in this dvd, and we highly recommend it.
Makes you think May 22, 2010
Stephanie Mayfield
It is scary what we've done to our food. This is really eye opening.
 I've seen the movie before April 20, 2010
Frank Martens (Summerland, BC)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
But... in this case I wanted the blue-ray version. And, it didn't work so I'm having to return it. But Amazon has been very good about this.
Do you know what you're eating? March 26, 2010
K. Bergmann (Canada)
Watching this DVD will change the way you think about food! It's a must see for everyone. If you want to make better food choices and be healthier, watch this DVD. The food industry (particularly in the US) has way too much control over the food we eat, from farm to factory. This DVD shows you how that works. Consumers can make a difference in our food supply by demanding and making better food choices. Don't just buy what's on the shelf. Think about what you're eating. And read Michael Pollan's books "In Defense of Food" and "The Omnivore's Dilemma", as they go into more detail about some of the items in this DVD. Excellent!
 Farmer Rancher March 8, 2010
Gayleen (Alberta, Canada)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
All city dwellers should view this DVD. People do not realize how tenuous our food supply is in North America.
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