Food Inc Extra Credit Food Inc is a documentary about the state of the food industry within the United States. It was a very in depth look at the farming industry that most people don’t get a chance to see. Most people don’t really think about where the food comes from or how it was farmed. This documentary gave a clear insight into how our food is really produced. When you think of farming‚ you may think of an area of land which is devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food
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study of causes and effects‚ or both causes and effects is causal analysis. For your final essay‚ conduct a causal analysis of Food Inc. Begin with the questions: What are the causes and effects of the current modes of food production and consumption? How are workers affected? Consumers? Think of the cause and effect relationships of between the sources of our food and health‚ economics‚ and politics. As you put your paragraphs together‚ try to develop causal chains (think of the Direct TV ad
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Food Inc. The movie‚ Food Inc.‚ again‚ I was not surprised by most of the information that was presented. Most of our food is pumped with antibiotics causing naturally bacteria to become resistant or has been genetically modified by major corporations. It was constantly preached at my undergraduate college to be “green” in all aspects of life‚ buy local‚ eat organic‚ recycle and so on. So‚ it was this was not a shock. While‚ I was watching the Food Inc.‚ I did find it interesting the interaction
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FOOD INC. I will begin by stating that it is unethical how food overlords have transformed old-fashioned farming into factory assembly lines of production. I find that the following actions are immoral because large food manufacturers threaten small farmers into producing vegetables/animals a certain way in order to “stay in business”. Consequently‚ farmers give up their right of free will; to speak freely‚ farm freely and treat their animals with integrity. Not only is this unprincipled issue
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Back in the early fall of 2012‚ XL Foods Inc.‚ one of Canada’s largest meat processing plants located in Brooks‚ Southeast Alberta‚ was delivering tainted meats contaminated with Escherichia Coli. Escherichia Coli is a group of bacteria found in the lower intestines of humans and animals‚ which can be developed by improper storing of food‚ poor hygiene in the facility and poor food handling practices (Christian Nordqvist‚ par. 1). Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials temporarily shut down the
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wondered where your food comes from? If you have then you are not the only one. American Film producer/director‚ Robert Kenner‚ in his academy award winning documentary Food Inc. he takes a deeper look into the food industry‚ and uncover the “veil” that most Americans do not want to see. Some people think that our food still comes from small farms in the corn belt of America‚ but sadly that is not the case anymore. Due to the rapid increase in population‚ mass production of food is essential to feed
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FST 11 Reaction Paper Food‚ Inc. is an American documentary film directed by Robert Kenner. The film is about corporate farming in the United States‚ concluding that agribusiness produces food that is unhealthy‚ in a way that is environmentally harmful and abusive of both animals and employees. The film is narrated by Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser. The film opens with the sentence‚ “The way we eat has changed more dramatically in the past 50 years than in the previous 10‚000 years.”‚ which
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In this documentary‚ this shows the reality of this world in an aspect of consumerism. Currently‚ there are more opportunities for people of high society‚ which for the poor. This documentary called Food Inc.‚ reflects the reality of this consumerist society. Most products on the market contain antibiotics to increase the size of fruits or vegetables. Also‚ in the case of animals they are injected with hormones to alter muscle mass and obtain more meat. Poor people do not have enough economic resources
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Organic Farming or Factory Farming? In the documentary‚ Food Inc.‚ director Robert Kenner reveals the truth of factory farming and organic farming. In the film‚ he interviews an organic farmer‚ Joel Salatin‚ who owns Poly Face Farm‚ in Swoope‚ Virginia. Salatin believes that animals should be fed with grass instead of corn. Corn is a natural resource that both the factory farm and organic farm uses. Factory farming use corn because it is cheap‚ easy to grow‚ and makes the animals fat very fast
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For the exclusive use of X. LIU KEL170 MARK JEFFERY AND JOSEPH F. NORTON MDCM‚ Inc. (A): IT Strategy Synchronization Introduction MDCM‚ Inc.‚ one of the world’s largest contract manufacturers for medical devices‚ had just announced its fifth consecutive quarterly loss. The firm posted revenues of $1.12 billion with net losses of $33 million for the second quarter of 2002. For Max McMullen‚ this was yet another agonizing episode since he took over as CEO two years earlier. Despite major
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