Food Inc.
Ever wonder the process it takes to put our food in the table? Well, if you are too busy to do the research yourself, but are still committed to finding out, there is a film that you must see: Food Inc.
Produced by Robert Kenner,this film was created to answer that specific question: “where does my food come from and what is in it?”
It is an in depth investigation of how our eating behavior has changed significantly in the last 50 years to be more dependent of fast food, corn fructose syrup, and high doses of salt, all which have led to health problems.
I watched the film over the weekend and needless to say it opened my eyes to a new concept: the health detriments of the current food production methods. Food, Inc. is an astonishing film as it exposes America’s industrialized food system and its effect on our environment, health, economy and workers’ rights. It explores the issues of farming factories, pesticides, food borne illnesses, the environmental impact, cloning, farmers’ rights, requesting nutritional index in restaurant foods, and genetic engineering.
The movie stresses the importance of buying local organic goods given that there have been multiple cases of food poisoning such as the example of salmonella outbreak. In the movie, we meet a heart broken mother,Barbara Kowalcyk, who lost her 2 year old child to E.coli poisoning after eating a hamburger. Her distress came about because the meat company would not withdraw the contaminated meat from the market exposing more families to the danger. In a recent study, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 76 million Americans are sickened, 325,000 are hospitalized and 5,000 die each year from food borne illnesses. The movie presents a current legislation known as Kevin’s law, one that would require meat packaging companies to shut down production and remove contaminated food of the market if outbreaks are found. Seven years after her child’s death, Barbara continues to fight against multinational corporations and relentlessness will to agree to Kevin’s law. Although Kevin’s law is not pending in Congress right now, there are other important national food safety legislation pending in which you can take part in. Help raise awareness of our nutritional needs. Help support the Child Act Nutrition Re authorization and help mothers across the country establish healthy eating guides in public schools. Studies conclude that 1 in every 2 children born after the year 2000 will have diabetes. Many people will question, how can this be? I’ll tell you how. Our high sugar sedimentary lifestyle is what is leading many families to inherit this disease and needless to say this statistic is growing faster among minorities. One-third of children and adolescents are overweight or obese. By signing the petition Child Act Nutrition Re Authorization you will be helping get the message across Congress that kids should be served healthy meals and not be bombarded by junk food.
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