I watched Food, Inc. to complete this week’s task for the eco-action challenge. This film unveils the current situation in the American food industry. There were a lot of information that was unsettling, or even a little disturbing to me. Without giving out too much content, one thing I found especially interesting is the extent of engineering used in today’s food market and food source. People use technology and chemical to alter the natural ways of things, in order to maximize profit. Plants and the way animals are raised are engineered towards the benefit of major corporates. As a result, the environment suffers, the farmers suffer, and ultimately, consumers suffer.

It is an important film to raise awareness of what we eat, where food comes from, and to make people think.

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