Food, Inc.

Release Date: June 12, 2009 (limited)
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Director: Robert Kenner
Screenwriter: Not Available
Starring: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Gary Hirschberg, Joe Salatin
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG (for some thematic material and disturbing images)
Official Website: FoodIncmovie.com
Review: Not Available
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD: DVD | Blu-ray Disc
Movie Poster: Not Available
Production Stills: Not Available

Plot Summary: In "Food, Inc.," filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. 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. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of e coli--the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.

Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser ("Fast Food Nation"), Michael Pollan ("The Omnivore's Dilemma") along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farms' Gary Hirschberg and Polyface Farms' Joe Salatin, "Food, Inc." reveals surprising -- and often shocking truths -- about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

Trailer (4.17.09):
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COMMENTS (9)

Posted by:

SiilentMiike

April 22, 2009

Hopefully I'm not the only one looking forward to this movie. Hopefully I'm not the only one sickened by our corrupt food industry, among other things.

Posted by:

juliana

April 23, 2009

your not the only one,i actually recently read the book called "the jungle" in my advertising class,we learned about how low the standards were for meat packaging back in the 20's..and its absolutely disgusting to me!! so im looking forward to this..

Posted by:

najmahall

April 29, 2009

finally, i wish they would make more documentaries about the food we are presented with - its horrendous. buy local or better yet, grow your own food! if it didnt fall off a tree dont eat it. if you didnt feed the cattle yourself, dont eat it. and if it says high fructose corn syrup RUN AWAY!

Posted by:

Jai

June 2, 2009

Finally - an objective look at the horrendous picture presented to us by the food industry in this country and the corruption and lies of the FDA and USDA and big corporations. They are holding us hostage and deliberately making us fat and sick! I am looking forward to this with every fiber and hope more of my fellow Americans will take their heads out of their asses and begin to pay attention!!

Posted by:

Kathi Martin

June 2, 2009

I am very excited about the release of this movie. Like so many things that face our nation right now, the public hasn't been presented with all the facts . . . and as we know, some of those pertinent facts have been consciously kept from us. Shine that light of Truth, push greed aside and we can change things!

Posted by:

Joe

June 4, 2009

Saw this film a couple months ago at a documentary film festival and have to say it is definitely worth checking out. Great film about the industry and a lot of the problems tied to it.

Posted by:

Dawn

June 9, 2009

I want to know when the film is coming to Vermont

Posted by:

nora blaszak

June 10, 2009

i have a great concern for the safety of my child and would like any and all information that i can distribute at my womens health agency in which i work.

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Joe Evitts

July 5, 2009

I have no pity on those that die from eating animals. It is not the processing that is bad...its all of it... How long does it take for those that eat animals to realize that it is wrong? It's no different than smoking or doing drugs in my opinion. You don't want to worry about contaminated meat...stop eating it..

Think of rendering plants the next time you chow down on a burger... Oh, and find out what happens the spoiled meats in the supermarkets that goes to waste... Or does it?

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