Since corn was discovered by Native Americans, all people who came into contact with corn used corn as their staple food, because that thing is so easy to grow!
China has food safety issues, and the United States also has food safety issues. However, wherever food is trustworthy, they are enduring famines every once in a while.
We can easily find that the biggest driver of food problems is population density and people's desires.
Mankind has been going through a cycle like this: abundant years-population increase-famine years-population starvation to death.
People have always hoped that those who are born will not starve to death. Various methods have been adopted. The most prominent one is to change the diet. Everyone eats more corn and sweet potatoes, and less vegetables, so that everyone can live. After living, continue to reproduce while there is food to make the next famine even more painful.
In modern times, we hope to use technology to save famine. This is a good starting point. Does genetic modification exist for the purpose of poisoning the common people? Scientists first proposed this possibility, but it was only to cure terminal illnesses and save famine.
But at the moment when the food issue dawned, things changed. People's desires are burning. The rich want to eat more meat, the poor want to have more children, and the middle class want cheaper food.
As a result, more food is produced, used to feed cattle, make cheap food, and fill the extra mouth. People don't feel that as much meat as they eat, they want to buy cheaper food as they become cheaper, and there are so many children in their lives who feel that they are not enough.
Grain production has been increasing, but it has never been used globally.
This is inherently wrong, and it is absolutely wrong to let humans eat as much as they want.
Now that the matter is over, what is the use of controlling a monopoly company? Can it be controlled? After extinguishing those big companies, food prices have risen, and beef can no longer be eaten every day. Americans have a temper.
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The theme of this movie is correct. There are indeed big problems with the diet of modern people. The evidence is that few middle-aged and elderly people should not have diet-related diseases, such as diabetes, liver cirrhosis, and coronary heart disease.
The cause of this dietary structure, the documentary is attributed to the conspiracy of the big capitalists.
There is a main interviewee in the film and one of the film’s consultants, Michael Pollan. It's the person who puts a glass of water next to it.
After reading some of his books, this person has made an absolutely significant contribution to the popularization of American dietary science. He has allowed many ordinary people to understand what they are eating and where they come from.
But whether Pollan or this documentary, there are a few common problems, I want to talk about it below.
1. Have unrealistic romantic fantasies about the small peasant economy. In their fantasy, the small peasant economy is that people eat organic food that they grow and exchange agricultural products with their neighbors. What you eat is provided by acquaintances, and your credibility is particularly guaranteed. The diet is particularly healthy. Eat fresh green vegetables every day, and the meat is particularly firm and delicious.
The source of this idea is that the industrialization of food in the United States has gone too far. Pollan said in his book that the nutritional value of the apples Americans eat now is 1/3 of the previous apples. The fruit is single, huge but not sweet. Livestock is over fattened, and the meat has no taste, so the traditional recipes have to add more seasonings, and all they eat are seasonings.
Therefore, food lovers are extremely disgusted with industrial farming, and the rich pursue self-cultivation and eat free-range meat.
However, China has a rich small-scale peasant economy in modern times. We know that the real small-scale peasant economy is not like that! It depends on the sky for food, and often does not pick up. In order to feed everyone, a large amount of land is used to grow corn and sweet potatoes. It is impossible to grow a lot of vegetables and fruits. Under the traditional breeding method, it can only eat meat two or three times a year. That's right, tomatoes cost 5 cents a pot, that's the season, you can only eat two months a year. Without the financial support for mass production, there is no four-season greenhouse and storage technology at all. Also, the fruits used to have bugs, and the untreated vegetables were full of bug eyes. Agricultural investment without technological control is completely insecure. Sometimes the fruits grown in a year are not sweet and no one buys them. Farmers don't know what went wrong. ——This is real life. It is not that rich people use private farms to produce their own dinners, but that everyone needs to find a way to survive. That's why there is agricultural research and genetic technology.
2. The second problem is a strong conspiracy theory. In the movie, which company often refuses to express an opinion, which person originally cooperated, was threatened and turned back. Pollan's book also often writes that he received silent calls or was reminded to be careful.
Too many of these things makes it boring. Moreover, although the creators tried their best to render, the whole production process did not suffer too much pressure. It's not that we haven't seen real pressure.
3. Overuse of broken window theory. If you want to make a documentary, you must be cynical about McDonald's and Monsanto. There must be no principled errors in such documentaries.
The opponents of McDonald's and Monsanto are the basic audience for all social documentaries, because these two companies are really bad and bad. But if I watch too much, I don't have any feelings for such a safety card. In the final analysis, the reason why these companies have a market is because people need these companies for their survival.
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