Two weeks ago, I watch Food, Inc. for the first time, and I had a lot of thoughts running through my head. Horrible. After seeing images of how the animals were being treated , all I could say was Horrible.
Food, Inc. had some valid points and some not so reasonable. I was surprised to see the truth about American food supply, and I have to admit that the movie really did revealed lots of facts. To me, almost all of the facts that the movie offered were Shocking.
According to the movie, the average Americans eat over 200lbs of meat a year. The movie brought up that there were thousands of slaughter houses, producing the majority of beef sold, and that only 13 of them still stand today.
I didn't think the animals would be treated that badly, but I came to understand that all of it is true: the way the animals were treated, how they're grown, and what they're being fed. In this case, the way the chickens were place so closely to one another really did surprised me. I wonder if they'd even have enough air to consume.
I was also unaware that the average chicken farmers invest over $500,000, and makes only $18,000 a year.
The modern supermarket stocks 47,000 products on average, most of which are produced by only a handful of food companies.
In addition, diabetes rates were on the rise. The movie brought up that according to the American Diabetes Association, 1 in 3 American born after 2000 will contract early onset diabetes, and it was said that the rate will be 1 in 2. All of that from the food we eat. It is a truth that food borne illnesses are becoming epidemic, taking away many innocent lives. After watching the movie, the one thing that bothered me is the fact the INDUSTRY is trying to hide how the food we eat is being produced.
