The filming method of the film is to express the director's views through interviews with experts such as Eric Schlaus) and Michael Pollan Dilemma of the Omnivor . There is also a dialogue with social entrepreneurs to show some forward thinking, such as Gary Hershberg of Stonyfield, a yogurt company, and Joe Saladin of Polyface Farm in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, USA. "Food Insider" reveals the shocking truth about the food industry, including how the food people eat is produced, and some of the problems that the country needs to face
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Some food packages in the United States are printed with patterns of livestock grazing on the green pastures, which makes people feel that the food production area is natural, hygienic, and free from industrial pollution. However, "Food, Inc." tells the audience that this is an illusion. The film tells the audience that the U.S. animal husbandry industry widely uses industrial technology to raise livestock. These technologies have negative effects on health, such as obesity, diabetes, salmonella infection, etc., and also lead to environmental pollution.
Michael Pollan said in the film that the industrialized breeding method of intensively raising livestock "relies on the addition of antibiotics to the feed, leading to some diseases that are resistant to antibiotics." Several large-scale meat products companies in the United States refused to film their production process. Some of the livestock breeding places that appeared in the film were secretly filmed by workers working there. The picture shows that the feedlots are narrow. Carol Morrison, a farmer in Maryland, agreed to the film crew's shooting requirements. The footage showed that the chickens she raised were about to die or fall ill before being shipped to the market. Morrison said that part of the reason for this situation is the antibiotics in the feed that quickly increase the weight of the livestock. The film mentions a farm that supplies a large supermarket chain. The commentary of the film says that the reason why this farm produces organic products is because of market demand
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