Food Inc post 1.

Food Inc. was nothing short of an eye-opening experience for me. I have always heard terrible horror stories about where our food comes from and how it is prepared, but I had never scene actual documented footage. I was completely unaware that our nations food industry is predominantly controlled by just a few corporations. Perhaps we could have a more successful economy if there were more competitors in the business. The fact that corporations threaten to terminate contracts and put its clients in horrible financial positions should they break silence about the method of animal farming. But above all, I was appalled at the meat packing industry. To see how the cows were treated so poorly was jaw dropping. It infuriated me to see someone forcing a cow with broken legs to walk, then to be pushed over with a bulldozer. That iis just beyond unacceptable.

It was interesting to see how Schlosser got most of the footage. It seems like the use of hidden cameras was pretty much the only way to get footage without the corporations squashing the operation. Although the quality isn't good, the fact that its not very good makes it so eye opening in proving how genuine and credible the source really is.

The text pretty much just backs up everything said in the movie in even greater detail. I feel like the movie is used to display the most eye opening facts and ideas about the food industry, and the text is used to back them up with a plethora of facts. I think the movie is more effective because the viewers won't get so caught up in so many facts, just the important eye opening facts and interviews that concisely support the cause. Although I know the book would like to be thought of as the primary investigative source of the industry, the movie is used to kind of get people's foot one step in the door. From there they can read the book and become more involved in the issue should they choose to.