Food Inc.

Food Inc. was a well put together movie made to put the truth of the food industry into the public mind. The best part I think was when Joe Salatin was talking. He really got to the point of the problem in our food industry. One of the biggest points he made was that we have an industry run off of corn, when really we should naturally have it run off of natural grass' and herbs. His farm runs like a well oiled machine. He is kind to his animals, keeps organic, and still has the efficiency needed to supply a great many people with food. One of the worst things that he described was that the FDA claimed his working conditions were unsanitary because he worked in open air, when really his meat had less contaminants than the industries meat. He also describes what the biggest problem the public has. We have become so distanced from something as intimate as our food. We don't know where it comes from so long as we can eat it and it tastes good. Another thing that struck me in the movie was when they talked about human eating habits. We as humans strive to find the rarest tastes in the wild: salt, fat, and sugar. With our current food industry, these things are easy to acquire, often easier to acquire than less salty, fatty, sugary food. This all puts our state in perspective. We have become a gluttonous nation that keeps being fed. Luckily, people are becoming more informed about our state, and slowly changing the way the industry works. They are changed by the change in money, so if the money goes healthy then the industry must go healthy or go bankrupt.