Food, Inc.

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Movie
German title Food, Inc.
Original title Food, Inc.
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 93 minutes
Rod
Director Robert Kenner
production Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein
music Mark Adler
camera Richard Pearce
cut Kim Roberts
occupation
  • Gary Hirshberg
  • Michael Pollan
  • Troy Roush
  • Joel Salatin
  • Eric Schlosser

Food, Inc. (engl., Dt. Mutatis mutandis Food AG ) is an American documentary producer and director Robert Kenner and the journalist Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan in 2008.

content

The film criticizes the monopoly of the food industry , which determines what is consumed by the population and what they should know about food production. It is criticized that in particular the consequences of malnutrition for the bulk of the population are withheld by the industry. The film calls on the viewer to defend themselves against this. Rural cooperatives that operate extensive agriculture and near-natural animal husbandry are shown as alternative models.

background

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The average American supermarket has 47,000 products. Only a few dominant companies are responsible for the deceptive diversity. In 1970 there were still thousands of slaughterhouses in the USA, today only very few (<30) slaughterhouses are responsible for US meat production. In poultry production today, the animals are twice as heavy in half the time, so that their bones can no longer support the mass of meat. Due to high loans, chicken farmers become dependent on large meat companies. Their specifications are huge halls without daylight and no access for filmmakers. Monsanto dominates the US seed market . 90% of all soybeans in the US contain Monsanto-patented genes. In the USA there is no labeling for GMOs, with the result that today 70% of all products processed there contain genetically modified ingredients. Former Monsanto employees (as government officials) were instrumental in making this decision. Corn is heavily subsidized in the USA and is therefore very cheap. 90% of all industrially produced foods contain corn or soy or ingredients made from them. Most of all, however, it is used as animal feed . This has threatening consequences for cattle , as they are naturally grass-eaters. It comes to the multiplication of Escherichia coli -Bakterienstämmen in the rumen , some of which (for mutations) to humans can be fatal. The ways in which such infections are spread can then hardly be traced (the meat of a hamburger can contain more than 1,000 cattle). Because of the subsidized raw materials made from maize, the usual fast food products, for example, can be offered at significantly lower prices than healthy ingredients for self-prepared food (e.g. fresh vegetables). The excessively sugary foods mean that one in three Americans born after the year 2000 will become diabetic (or already is, the extent of adolescents - especially those from the not rich - is alarmingly high). The big corporations try to prevent consumers from knowing how their food is made. Consumer protection also threatens profit interests, which is why strong lobbies are working to soften or prevent / delay such regulations. For example, even production sites that have become conspicuous several times during controls do not have to be closed. The number of factory inspections fell significantly from 1972 (~ 50,000) to 2006 (<10,000). Among other things, a law is planned that will prohibit the filming of intensive animal husbandry as a punishment. Critics are silenced with lawsuits.

criticism

The majority of the critics gave the film good reviews. The American Meat Institute has launched a counter-campaign and Monsanto has also set up its own website for the film.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://foodwatch.de/literatur/filmtipp/index_ger.html
  2. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/movie/food-inc
  3. ↑ SafeFoodInc.org
  4. ↑ http://www.monsanto.com/food-inc/Pages/default.aspx
  5. ↑ Kilday, Gregg. "Seattle Fest Announces Winners." The Hollywood Reporter . June 14, 2009.
  6. ↑ http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/nominees.html