Food INC. Reflection:

Things that interested me about the movie and my opinion on them:

-A lot of the food we eat are priced way lower than they should be.
-We see a cheap price on a product and we think, “Man that’s a good deal” but in reality that just means someone is getting screwed somewhere. Whether that is the factory worker who is getting paid way less than they should be paid. Or the animal that was mistreated in the process. Or the fruits and vegetables that were sprayed with pesticide in order for that produce to be available to buy, even though it’s out of season.

-Supply and Demand! If one day society decides that they no longer agree with the food industry and the quality of it. Then companies will, adapt to that need. There is no doubt about that. Because the reality is if they don’t then the companies will go out of business. The hardness part of this plan is convincing people to make that change. Why? Because food now is cheap (price wise), filling (fast food), and easy to get (from local super markets & the opinion of fast food is readily available).

-The government can place heavier regulation on companies. More enforced regulation I feel is needed to solve some of the problems. Especially when it comes down to how clean company factories are. No more E. Coli outbreaks!

-Question: Do companies really have to spray ammonia on our meat to kill E. Coli? Or is there another way to do it?

-Monsanto Patent. All I have to say is…what a load of bull crappo!
- "If one farmer is saving seed, he's cheating his neighbor who isn't, and his neighbor is being penalized for being honest.”

-Farmers penalized for plants they never planted. Example: Schmeiser, a farmer accused of patent infringement. Schmeiser figures the seeds came from his neighbor's fields, which had been planted with Monsanto's seeds, via wind, pollen drift and bees. "You can't control it," Schmeiser says. "It might end up 10 miles, 20 miles away. It's all over the place, it cross-pollinates."

-It makes me sad to know that the people who work so hard to provide all the food I eat…aka Farmers are treated soooo horribly.

OVERALL:
As I watch Food Inc. I had this overwhelming feeling of guilt and disgust. I just felt like "I", as a human being and consumer in American, felt moral messed up. I think there are better ways we can get the food we want and I think that there is also healthier to choose to eat as well.

-The video makes me want to reevaluate the things I eat and where I buy my food. It made me more knowledgeable about where my food is coming from and what’s in it.