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Food, Inc. [Blu-ray] (2008)

Michael Pollan , Eric Schlosser , Robert Kenner  |  PG |  Blu-ray
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  • Actors: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Gary Hirschberg, Joe Salatin
  • Directors: Robert Kenner
  • Format: AC-3, Blu-ray, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: Spanish
  • Dubbed: Spanish
  • Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: November 3, 2009
  • Run Time: 91 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,416 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B002LBKDYE
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,188 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Food, Inc. [Blu-ray]" on IMDb

Special Features

Celebrity Public Service Announcements
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ABC News "Nightline" segment from "You Are What You Eat" series
Stay Active and Eat Healthy Featurette
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For most Americans, the ideal meal is fast, cheap, and tasty. Food, Inc. examines the costs of putting value and convenience over nutrition and environmental impact. Director Robert Kenner explores the subject from all angles, talking to authors, advocates, farmers, and CEOs, like co-producer Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma), Gary Hirschberg (Stonyfield Farms), and Barbara Kowalcyk, who's been lobbying for more rigorous standards since E. coli claimed the life of her two-year-old son. The filmmaker takes his camera into slaughterhouses and factory farms where chickens grow too fast to walk properly, cows eat feed pumped with toxic chemicals, and illegal immigrants risk life and limb to bring these products to market at an affordable cost. If eco-docs tends to preach to the converted, Kenner presents his findings in such an engaging fashion that Food, Inc. may well reach the very viewers who could benefit from it the most: harried workers who don't have the time or income to read every book and eat non-genetically modified produce every day. Though he covers some of the same ground as Super-Size Me and King Corn, Food Inc. presents a broader picture of the problem, and if Kenner takes an understandably tough stance on particular politicians and corporations, he's just as quick to praise those who are trying to be responsible--even Wal-Mart, which now carries organic products. That development may have more to do with economics than empathy, but the consumer still benefits, and every little bit counts. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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Food, Inc. lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing how our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the
livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Food, Inc. reveals surprising and often shocking truths about what we eat, how it's produced and who we have become as a nation.

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Everyone that wants to know what they are really eating needs to watch this. J.P.  |  275 reviewers made a similar statement
This documentary is a shocking look into the American food industry. Julia Tyson  |  251 reviewers made a similar statement
I just am so much more aware of what's in my food and what I eat! Vanessa  |  169 reviewers made a similar statement
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509 of 538 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
"Food, Inc." does more than serve as an exposé on the United States food industry--it connects the dots between the nefarious, contemptuous business practices of multinational corporations and their best friends, the compromised government regulatory agencies such as the USDA, FDA, and EPA, who have in the past been led by folks well connected within the very industries they are supposed to regulate.

But let's hold on a minute. Filmmaker Robert Kenner's documentary could have been just a dour, paranoid investigative piece and still told the truth. Instead, Mr. Kenner has made a colorful, fast-paced, and well-documented account of the state of the food supply in our country; the unintended consequences of the efficiencies, short-cuts, and technological methods inherent in factory farming; the insidious insider relationship between the meat industry and the agencies that should be regulating it; and the health effects, including diabetes, of consuming processed foods and fast foods.

Naturally, the culprits behind the curtain (e.g., Smithfield, Monsanto, Perdue) would not appear on camera, not because they are cowards but precisely because they are so powerfully connected, and have legions of lawyers and enforcers (yes, like any bully, these outfits do use intimidation), and are moving to control free speech and criticism of their practices.

The counterbalance to the doom and gloom comes from interview with small farmers; with entrepreneurs in the organic food business; with the brave folks who have tried to make a stand against the food industry; and with those experts who are striving to be modern day Paul Reveres in the face of mass indifference.
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197 of 215 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A food monoculture May 2, 2009
Format:DVD
Robert Kenner's movie is a perfect illustration of F. William Engdahl's book `Seeds of Destruction', which explains how international agribusinesses are trying to monopolize vertically and horizontally (and profit from) food production on a world scale.

The world's food chain is built mainly on heavily subsidized and, therefore, cheap corn. In fact, all humans chew corn the whole day long from bread over meat (all animals are fed with corn) to deserts and drinks. Transnational corporations are even trying to learn fish to eat corn. Corn becomes nearly a food monoculture.
A particular transnational company even developed through genetic engineering highly efficient corn seed which it patented, thereby creating a nearly seed monopoly. Buyers cannot use the produce of the seeds as plant seed for future harvests. The company's own inspection force controls with hawk eyes that its clients buy new genetically modified seed every year. Some of the company's supporters and former directors occupy key positions in US governments and government administrations (FDA).

The movie shows the disastrous effects of intensive farming on animals, as well as the health and environmental risks of diminished standards at livestock farming and slaughtering houses.
Fortunately, some biological farmers show more respect for their animals and for their clients.

At the end of the movie, the makers give a perfect list of recommendations for those wishing to eat `healthy' food.

This movie is a must see for all those who want to understand the world we live in.
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178 of 197 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Do you still want that $1 hamburger? June 17, 2009
Format:DVD
How many times do we have to see horror stories about how our food, the food we eat, the food that goes into our bodies is handled, before we stand up and do something about it? Apparently, many because we still haven't done anything.

"Food, Inc.", directed by Robert Kenner, and co-produced by Eric Schlosser (writer of "Fast Food Nation") and Michael Pollan (writer of "The Omnivore's Dilemma), takes an in depth view at a handful of various problems with the food industry in our country. Presented in "Chapters", Schlosser or Pollan introduce the various segments leading into a series of graphics, interviews, archival and hidden camera footage and more all of which illustrates the problems we are facing.

Did you know that Chickens have been engineered to grow faster and larger, in order to produce more breast meat? The companies who provide us with chicken realized a while back that we prefer white meat. When a customer prefers something, it is more efficient to grow what the customer wants. White meat is also more expensive, so it is a win-win situation for these companies to fulfill our needs and wants. But what about the dark meat? The result? Engineered chickens ready for slaughter faster and yielding more white meat. But it also results in chickens with no flavor that are grown in very inhumane conditions. Most never see sunlight and can't walk for very long because their internal organs can't keep up with the growth of their bodies.

For many years, corn farmers have lobbied lawmakers for protection and subsidies, and this has created an overwhelming abundance of corn. Because there is so much of the grain, scientists have worked out many ways to use the abundant staple, to prevent wasting it, and to maximize profits.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Eye Opener
Worthwhile documentary. This gives a good overview of the food system in North America - if you are already aware of most of these issues its a good documentary to watch with... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Change my Life
Good day, this documentary changed the way I see food these day, Changed my eating habits and lost 70 lbs. Good film to learn from. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Movie that everyone should see...
Warning, not for those weak of the stomach.
This documentary is a must see for all to raise awareness of the take over of our food system. Read more
Published 1 day ago by Joel P. Dietz Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars Food for thought
This movie was eye opening but gave me the motivation i needed to start doing my own research about what is in my food. SO glad I finally caved and watched this..... Read more
Published 2 days ago by Patrice
4.0 out of 5 stars Good info
I thought the interviews with actual farmers/growers was particularly interesting. As was the fact that neither Perdue, Smithfield or Tysons would be interviewed for this... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Food, Inc
Well-presented, eye-opening account of how and where we get our food (and, especially, at what cost). Read more
Published 2 days ago by msaad
4.0 out of 5 stars Nothing earthshattering, but enjoyed it
I am very late to the party in watching Food, Inc. long after it came out - and so much has come out and been talked about that I wouldn't say I learned anything new from this... Read more
Published 4 days ago by Maggie
5.0 out of 5 stars I think I'm going to be sick...
...this documentary showed me that our food industry is far worse than I already thought! Disgusting - and disheartening - to learn some of the techniques that are used and the... Read more
Published 4 days ago by Bartorama
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly an eye-opening experience
Recommending to anyone who wants to take a peek behind the veil. And to those who want to curb their appetite.
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