Food Inc. Response

  The main theme of the movie was, how much do we really know about the food we buy and eat. The film showed us the dark truth behind the food we eat how it is run by a food empire which turns our food into "food" from tortured and infested meat to the cycle of endless pesticides. The authors thought that it is important for the viewers to learn and do something about their food ways because it’s a very important issue, just as Michael Pollan said: "I think it's one of the most important battles for consumers to fight: the right to know what's in their food, and how it was grown."

  One of the differences between the movie and book was the movie was more emotional, and the book was more intellectual. What I mean by that is how the movie was made to "tug on the heart strings" due to the graphic horror displayed in the film, the book on the other hand although it said that there was all these terrible things but seeing is believing. When it comes to the intellectual side, in the book you get to form your own opinion since Omnivores Dilemma showed evidence for both sides, while movies are usually made to be one sided and makes the watcher lean towards one side of the argument. Also the book was trying to give the reader greater knowledge of the situation (to make them scholars) and not necessarily that they will change their food habits but just to be informed, unlike the movie.

  After watching the movie and reading the book I find myself actually looking at the nutrition’s fact on the covers of the things I buy. Although my diet has not changed that (We don’t buy ground beef anymore, but I still eat fast food) much I feel more aware of what’s in the food I eat.    One thing I thought that was very important was how the author described how we should eat:"For we no longer need any reminding that however we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of nature, not industry". I think it’s important not to eat ignorantly, industrially, and after reading and watching I can make decisions and be conscious of them.