Dead chickens being thrown like trash into the dumpster, frightened cattle standing knee deep in feces, and pigs being slaughtered on the kill floor of a slaughterhouse are just a few of the gruesome images shown in Robert Kenner’s documentary Food, Inc. Food, Inc. goes undercover to expose a dark and terrifying side of animal agriculture and crop production. Frightening stories about antibiotics in our feed, obesity, GMOS, and E. coli induce concern about the safety of our food while testaments from chicken farmers make viewers question the morality behind its production. Food, Inc. paints large-scale agriculture as an all-powerful monster who abuses not only the animals being produced and the people who produce them, but the consumers as well.…show more content… He wants viewers to reevaluate the food we are consuming and whether the ethical, economical, ecological, and nutritional components involved in the production and consumption are just. As the movie progresses, Kenner takes viewers behind the scenes of animal production, from chicken farmers for Tyson all the way to Washington, following the heart-wrenching story of a mom-turned-food safety advocate whose son died after eating a hamburger. Kenner goes full spectrum in an effort to support his belief that large-scale industrial agriculture is harmful, and his effectiveness is damning to the industry.
Food, Inc. is a public relations nightmare for industrial agriculture because its primary audience is those without an adequate background in agriculture. Without the knowledge that I have about our food production, our food safety, and the reasons behind our food production practices, Food. Inc. would leave me scared, betrayed, shocked, and disgusted at the current state of our food
