Food Inc.

i have been watching a lot of documentaries lately, not sure exactly why, but i am enjoying it. probably because they are about real events or issues that we need to know about. one that has been an issue for me lately is food; we need food to live and the food industry seems to be changing lately due to the fact that they want to portray being organic or homegrown. Food Inc. is an awesome doc about the meat industry; where our beef, chicken, and pork come from and how we are being deceived as consumers. there is also some interesting information about crop growing as well. the issues that this movie talks about mainly is factory farming; not the good ol fashioned farming we see on packaging and labels or what farming used to be like but massive factories that allow animals to wallow in their own waste and in unhealthy conditions to wait to be slaughtered. chickens are housed in a huge building where they are never allowed to see the sun and these enhanced chickens are pumped with so much growth hormones their bodies can't work properly; they can only take a few steps because their legs can't support themselves. foodborne illnesses are also a big concern in this movie, because of these factory farming practices and lots of people are getting sick and dying from these meats. it scares me to think that we are eating and drinking food from cloned animals too! i don't think we know the full scope on cloned animals and why in the world are we eating/drinking from them? just plain scary. these are some of the main issues talked about in Food Inc.

its hard to eat healthy; its expensive; society doesn't want us to eat healthy, they want us to eat processed foods and fast foods because they can make more of a profit from it. i want to eat healthy and i know lots of other people do to but its just so hard financially. its so easy to go to mcdonalds and order off the dollar menu instead of buying fruits and vegetables and organic foods from the store; that all adds up! this is something that has been on my mind a lot and have been trying to figure out how i can change my eating habits to more healthy alternatives. i highly recommend this film and i hope that companies hear the consumers that we want healthy and cheap food; we control the food industries, if we don't buy foods, they won't make them, if we buy certain foods, they'll produce more of it. check out the trailer here: