Food, Inc.

Food, Inc.
I was immediately intrigued from the beginning of Food, Inc. There was interesting and valuable
information brought up during the film. Many people do not think about where their food comes
from. I believe that if people were to know where their food comes from, they would not want to eat
it. There are 47,000 products at a grocery store. But, Food, Inc. implies that this is in fact an illusion
because all of them are made with the same crops. The fact that there are only a few multi–national
corporations that control all of the crops and meat production is a huge surprise. I believe that each
person in society would be absolutely shocked if they were to watch this documentary. McDonald's
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I am so ashamed that I had not known most of the information that was shared in Food, Inc. I
definitely agree that we need to have a policy change regarding our food, it should be cheaper to buy
carrots than chips at the grocery store. I, like many college students, want to eat healthy but it is
expensive and most of us are on a "ramen budget". There also needs to be tighter laws regarding the
illnesses that can come from improper handling of the meat and crops. I believe that there needs to
be a huge change in the agricultural world, the farmers should not have to be scared of losing money
or being sued because of big companies, such as Monsanto. The huge companies are going to be
making money no matter what without much work. Whereas a farmer puts in work day in and day
out and sadly they do not make much money. I also believe that the film had an extremely negative
outlook on how modern farming practices in agriculture are. I believe that Food, Inc. focused on the
negative outlook of modern farming but did not mention about the different practices or how they
have also positively impacted our
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Food Inc, opinion paper
Question 1: Based on your viewing of Food, Inc., how does your view of "farm–fresh" and other
marketing messages that suggest a more organic flow of food products relate to the realities of 21st–
century marketing channels for food? The American Marketing Association defines marketing as
"the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and
exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large"
(https://www.ama.org/AboutAMA/Pages/Definition–of–Marketing.aspx). The marketing mix
consists of product, price, place, promotion, which means that a company needs to sell the right
product at the right price and in the right place, using the best promotion. Because of ... Show more
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I just purchase the foods that I want and pay no attention to whether they are "farm–fresh", organic,
locally grown, etc. I will buy whatever is cheapest, not whatever is healthiest, most natural, or
whatever. My opinion and food purchasing habits will most likely not change after viewing this
movie. This question reminds me of high school health class, where we had to watch "Supersize
Me." Everyone started saying how gross it is, that they are never eating at McDonalds again, or
whatever other promises they were making. All I could think was that I could totally go for some
McNuggets after school that day! I guess it is just because I have never worried about where the
food I eat comes from. However, I have always paid attention to salmonella and E. coli recalls. I
remember not eating beef or spinach or peanut butter when there was an outbreak in their plants,
because why would I want to get sick? So, I would say no, I will not change where or how I procure
my groceries. I will not say that I did not get sad watching those little baby chicks die, or the
chickens getting slung around. And those poor cows getting slaughtered, and that one that had that
hole and the guy was digging around in her stomach, and said that she was not in pain...how does he
know?! He's just cut a big hole in her and is sticking his hand in her stomach, and she cannot tell
you that she is in pain!
Question 3: Finally, do you think there are any

Food Inc.: McDonald's
A. McDonaldization of society– the process by which ordinary aspects of life are rationalized and
efficiency comes to rule them, including such things as food preparation p. 173
The film introduces the concept of McDonaldization to the food companies. McDonalds first
introduced this concept in the first fast food chain; the idea was to make the restaurant more
efficient. In the 1930's, McDonalds own a very successful chain of restaurants, but they McDonald
brothers wanted to expand their brand; while doing this they would revolutionize the restaurant
industry. They would hire employees to do only one just, such as cooking the fries, and this would
be the only thing the employee would do all day at work. The purpose was to be able to get food out
faster and hire workers for lower wages because of the small amount of responsibilities the worker
would have. The restaurant would fire all the extra employees and simplify the menu, and then the
first fast food restaurant would be born. The concept of McDonaldization spread to many other
restaurants and is still in use today. The idea of McDonaldization also made its way to meat packing
companies; the assembly line concept will be used. Employees do the same demeaning task all day,
and their pay reflects the low level of creativity. Many other businesses have incorporated the idea
of simplifying decisions and decreasing the time it takes to make a sale. Think about the mall, every
store is laid out and organized in a manner where

The Meat Industry
The most crucial player in the expansion of the animal production industries is the capitalist. The
antagonists are Smithfield, Tyson, Hormel, JBS, and Cargill which posses a monopoly over the meat
industry. After President Theodore Roosevelt read the book "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair, he
exclaimed, "Radical action must be taken to do away with the efforts of arrogant and selfish greed
on the part of the capitalist" (Sinclair). These players can decide the price of meat and whether or
not costs are high or low. The value of safety to these corporations means very little to the animal
and the workers. The animals are confined into tight facilities, pumped with antibiotics and growth
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67–68). Concerned farmers argue that the major slaughterhouses, producers, and packers are tied
into the USDA politically. The USDA regulations don't serve the public or the small farms; however
hold the hands of the capitalists (Farmageddon). These Corporations claim their mission and
commitments are sustainable by using catching slogans such as "Good food. Responsibly!"
(Smithfield). Unfortunately, the Wal–Mart of the meat industry, Smithfield, contradicts their mission
statement by saying, "To be a trusted, respected and ethical food industry leader that excels at
bringing delicious and nutritious meat and specialty food products to millions every day while
setting industry standards for corporate social responsibility (Smithfield)". Smithfield has been
involved in scandalous animal abuse cases and are major contributors to unhealthy environmental
conditions (Peta). Capitalism is a major hurdle to overcome in factory farming but with speaking out
and educating our public solutions can be made

Regenerative Farming
This paper will address the benefits of regenerative agriculture/farming or what some refer to as
permaculture. How it is sustainable and how it benefits the ecosystems of the world. In addition, the
author will discuss "improved grazing and cropping methods that grow and protect rather than
deplete topsoil, in the process sequestering carbon, increasing water retention capacity... and
creating wildlife habitat" (Hewitt, 2017). Regenerative agriculture is about guaranteeing a fair
distribution of equity. A reasonable livelihood for farmers as well as farm workers. It is restoring
vibrant rural communities and eliminating "policies that no longer incentivize the degradation of the
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Most people are not aware of the journey animals make from birth to table. As well as how what
they are fed impacts us as omnivores, the soil as well as the animal themselves. In addition to the
monetary and environmental cost of providing feed, transporting the animal, carcass and all. If we
truly understood where our food is produced, how and what is fed to them, how much is produced,
what is used to ensure plentiful crops and how it eventually affects our health as well as our
ecosystem, we wouldn't want to eat it. Michael Pollan takes us on that journey in his book "An
Omnivore's Dilemma where he explains how animals in feedlots, are subject to eating grain, (i.e.
corn) pumped with antibiotics as opposed to their natural diet of grass, in order to increase their size.
A practice endorsed by the United States Department of Agriculture. It is incredulous that we as a
nation have given power to food companies and politicians, the power to tell us what to eat, often
with only their profit's (rather than our health) in mind. Pollan also suggests that "many of the
nutritional and health problems facing America today can be traced back to the farms that grow our
food (and the government policies that dictate what happens on those farms)"

Kenner Vs Sinclair
In America, from the early 1900's to the present, meatpacking industries have changed in large
increments, however, their intentions of providing copious amounts of meat for a cheap price have
lived on. As muckrakers, Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle, and Robert Kenner, director of the
film Food, Inc., have targeted the American meat packaging plants. They accomplish this by
meeting the common goal of creating awareness for the people of the U.S. about what the citizens
are actually consuming. Despite the parallel goal they share and multiple similarities as to how they
both expose the meat packaging plants of the U.S., many differences stand due to the contrasting
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However, my opinions about the meat I eat from the processing plants have not changed in the long
run. As a consumer and thinker, I would like to believe that the food I eat is as fresh as possible
containing little too no preservatives. Despite the fact that after reading and watching the works of
America's muckrakers I know that eating meat without chemicals in it is highly unlikely, yet I still
have not changed what meat I eat and where I consume that meat. The novel entitled, The Jungle, by
Upton Sinclair, and the film Food, Inc., by Robert Kenner, target the corrupt and unfair meat
packaging plants of America to create awareness around the country as to what the conditions in the
factories are like, and to give insight about the quality of the meat. The two muckraker's worked
hard in their respective time to deliver the best information to the people in the way that they
consider to be the most effective. America has seen extensive amounts of change and reform to its
meat packing facilities from 1906, the year that Upton Sinclair published his novel, to the present. In
contrary, the same disturbing intention of the meat factories to provide quantity over quality have
found a way to continue to prevail over the long years of our nation's

Film Analysis: Food, Inc.
Analyzing the situation question 3, the players in Food, Inc. are the consumers, producers, political
figures, and the farmers. Most of the consumers including me are left naïve about where their food
is actually coming from. Even though we are left in the dark, we as consumers are keeping the
producers in business. The producers are cutting cost by finding loop holes in how they produce our
food. Either by employing and exploiting illegal immigrants, feeding our beef corn, and using
ammonium hydroxide in the food processing. The political figures or our government are making
these loop holes legal for the producers. They make these loop holes legal by writing laws and
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is to one show evidence and citations through text. This shows the ethics in the documentary. At the
end of the documentary we hear the song "This Land is Our Land" which reminds us that this all
belongs to us: it is our nation and our food. The role of writing through text is also shown in the
texts that fill the screen while we listen to this song at the end of the film. These texts call us to
action, it is a effective form used to sway the audience to take action and help change the problem
with the food industry. The way Robert Kenner used the voices of the people he interviewed helped
us connect and associate with the person. It shows pathos, because the individual experienced what
they are speaking of first hand, we feel their frustration and

Food Inc: It's Wrong In The Poultry Industry
Food Inc represents everything that's wrong in the poultry industry. It's true estonashing to the extent
that our meat companies are unregulated. It's also truly surprising how our meat industry has been
captured from regular farmers and ranchers to monopolistic companies like Tyson, Cargill, Swift,
JBS, and smithfield foods. These monopolies happen to be very influential in politics through
lobbying and donating money to political campaigns to gain unequivocal power. We've talked about
this in the class lectures and this relates what happens in oil companies, tech companies, and the
banking industry. Since the 1950s, food production has been transformed, that transformation has
affected most of our lives. McDonalds is a perfect example of

London During The Industrial Revolution
London, the capital of the Industrial Revolution in the 1750s, created textile factories that increased
the demand for labor, urbanization, population and food supply. This led to a migration of people
into the cities and away from rural areas to look for work. At this time, London had a laissez–faire
economic system where the government did not interfere with private property meaning that it was
free from regulation. Therefore, private slaughterhouses were all around the city to provide people
with fresh meat and for butchers to make a profit. But, slaughtering in London had negative
consequences like the smell and traffic congestion causing hazards to the public leading reformers to
demand government regulation. In Maclachan's article, "The ... Show more content on
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One of the state's first actions was replacing Smithfield Market in 1855 with the Metropolitan Cattle
Market in the suburbs where it can connect to railway transportations. This proved a relief from
traffic congestion in the city with the use of railways that opened a gateway to an increase in
country–killed meat as opposed to meat from livestock slaughtered in London. This gradual increase
in country–killed meat was malignant to the butcher's business because it meant less livestock
would be slaughtered in the city and less profit. Also, the government realized that public health
regulation is needed to protect the people from meat not inspected that could cause fatal diseases
because the state is responsible for securing the well–being of its people. Hence, the state passed the
Buildings Act (1844) and the Metropolis Act (1873) giving power to the state to regulate the
slaughtering process and monitor the waste disposal from slaughtering. Thus, after these state
actions the relationship between the food and the state is gradually converging under the control of
the government. These regulations almost caused the extinction of private slaughterhouses because
there was a decrease in private slaughterhouses from 1,500 in 1873 to 455 in 1897. But, the butchers
did not give up

America’s Food Crisis, by Bryan Walsh Essay
American society has grown so accustomed to receiving their food right away and in large
quantities. Only in the past few decades has factory farming come into existence that has made
consuming food a non guilt–free action. What originally was a hamburger with slaughtered cow
meat is now slaughtered cow meat that's filled with harmful chemicals. Not only that, the corn that
that cow was fed with is also filled with chemicals to make them grow at a faster rate to get that
hamburger on a dinner plate as quickly as possible. Bryan Walsh, a staff writer for Time Magazine
specializing in environmental issues discusses in his article "America's Food Crisis" how our food is
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Manure lagoons, mostly located near factory farms, is another danger that affects workers and the
environment or community. "A pig produces approximately four times the amount of waste a human
does, and what factory farms do with that mess gets comparatively little oversight," (Walsh 169).
The process is a very dangerous one in of itself to ensure that the waste is gone and the factories can
continue producing bacon and ham steaks for millions of people. A Rolling Stone Journalist, Jeff
Tietz, wrote an article about these lagoons that Smithfield Foods controls. He goes into detail about
how toxic these lagoons are and the effects they can have on workers. He tells a story about an
incident in a lagoon in Michigan for the company. "A worker was overcome by the fumes and fell
in. His fifteen–year–old nephew dived in to save him but was overcome, the worker's cousin went in
to save the teenager but was overcome, the worker's older brother dived in to save them but was
overcome, and then the worker's father dived in. They all died in pig shit," (Tietz). Workers across
the country are being put under these conditions in these levels of toxicities every day not knowing
if this might happen to them. These manure lagoons can also be dangerous to the surrounding
communities as well. Walsh writes, "Most hog waste is disposed of

Film Analysis: Food Inc.
Today's food companies are so large that they control every aspect of the food industry. Company's
control what grows in crops, what certain crops to grow, how the crops are utilized. The
documentary "Food Inc." produced by Robert Kennar and Eric Schlosser, takes a look at America's
food industry and how our food is produced. Most consumers are not going to investigate what
actually goes into the products. The documentary "Food Inc." explains to the viewers why the
companies' way of farming is wrong. The film is biased against industrial farming. Big question
everyone asks, "Where does our food we consume everyday come from?" The message of the
documentary is to scare the American public with facts about the food in America consumes on a
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Monsanto did not comment on the documentary. A GMO is a genetically modified organism. The
organism is manufactured to produce more yield frequently. Without GMO the world would be at a
standstill there would be a lack of food across the globe. "Only two percent of the world is in
farming, making it hard to produce enough food" (Worland). In the documentary it talks about
GMO's causing cancer that developed in rats that they have tested. Study shows that, "rats are prone
to cancer" (Castillo). American Institute for Cancer Research says, "Some environmental pollutants,
like pesticides, have been shown to induce cancer in laboratory animals." GMO's have long term
effects that haven't been tested adequately. GM foods were created to decrease the amount of
pesticides. Instead of using chemicals. Members of the Northern Canola Growers Association
express, "GM foods such as BT corn can help eliminate the application of chemical pesticides.
Because pesticides are harmful to humans, GM foods are the better solution; they decrease the
danger" (Worland). Chemicals and pesticides not only harms the human body, but also the
environment. Farmers use chemicals to maintain the shelf life and protects the food. It also pollutes
the air, water and soil. Peter Singer a professor of bioethics at Princeton University, says, "five
hundred eighty–eight billion pounds of excess carbon dioxide could be sequestered in the soil every
year through organic methods." GMO has been used since the early nineties and have changed the
way of farming. Foods that are grown without pesticides and chemicals can reduce the risk of
diseases and a clean

General Mills Case
Introduction
In the late 1990's and early 2000's the food industry was struggling with weak sales and low
inflation which caused waves of consolidation among some of the largest firms in the industry. In
1998 General Mills studied areas of potential growth and value creation for their company which
lead to small acquisitions of other firms. Looking to further grow their company, in December 2000,
management of General Mills made a recommendation to its shareholders that they authorize the
creation of more shares of common stock and approve a proposal for the company to acquire
Pillsbury Company, a producer of baked goods, from Diageo PLC.
Company Information
General Mills
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This results from the fact that it is a mature segment with many well established companies vying
for market share. The industry is highly consolidated and very fragmented. To grow their businesses,
companies rely heavily on mergers and acquisitions to capture additional market share. Historically,
the grocery industry has been characterized by slow growth which results in strong price
competition and the development of aggressive marketing campaigns between existing firms.
Perceived product quality and strong brand recognition by consumers are the basis of competition
among firms in the industry. The source of General Mills' competitive advantage lies in its ability to
develop innovative products and highly reputable brands. As a result, they hold cost leadership
positions across a number of grocery categories. Exhibit 1 shows the top US companies according to
their sale of packaged foods globally. Market leaders include Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, Nestle, Mars,
Kellogg, and General Mills, however, neither company possess an overwhelming share of global
sales. This is in part due to the large degree of product diversity throughout the industry and the
strong brand rivalry of each competitor's labels.
Threat of Substitutes
The threat of customers finding substitute products from other manufacturers in the food industry is
high. In the ready–to–eat breakfast cereals segment, General Mills' primary business focus, there are
a variety of similar products being

Film Analysis: Food Inc.
The film Food Inc., like many other films of its category is not so much of an informative
documentary, rather more of a slanderous exposé which blows the lid off of the food industry and its
operations. To say that the film is neutral and tends towards more of an educative approach would
be a misinterpretation to say the least. Throughout the entire movie it is always evident that the
movie aims not solely to educate its audience about the truth of their food, but to convert the
misinformed and inspire a rebellion against food industry practices. The movie does this through a
tactful approach of bombarding its audience with gruesome clips, facts and testimonial story lines.
The film asserts it claim through a thrilling critique of the horrific meat production process which is
most prevalent in the U.S food industry and its impact on humans and the environment, while
extoling alternative practices which seem to be more sustainable and humane, yet are underutilized.
The film goes on to highlight the different players in the food politics arena, emphasizing the role
that government agencies play. Also the film divulges the reality that is the monopolization of the
food industry by big multinational corporations such as Monsanto Company, Tyson Food, Perdue
Farms, Smithfield Foods, etc. The filmmakers deliver a compelling analysis which brazenly
divulges that our food industry is not what it seems. Many Americans take pride in the idea that their
government works in their best

What's Behind The Curtain?
Throughout history, there have been problems in society where most of society is totally oblivious
to. However, these problems have caught the awareness of a few people who have an understanding
of what is really occurring behind the curtain. In the book The Jungle, Upton Sinclair reveals the
issue of the immoral goals of capitalistic society during the late 1800's and early 1900's. Similarly,
in the movie Food Inc, the producers of the film reveal the truth about modern capitalism through
the use of personal accounts and facts, which all effectively use the rhetorical techniques of imagery,
pathos, and logos. In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair bases his novel around the sad life of Jurgis
Rudkus. Originally born in Lithuania, Rudkus decided ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
coli. These feed lots are so horrible that the beef industry has put into place laws that prevent any
pictures from being taken of said feed lots. By adding these stunning clips, the movie producers are
able to physically show the audience what is really happening. By seeing the atrocious events on a
screen, rather than reading them in the paper, the audience will reach in a much stronger way–and
even move toward what the producers of the movie want (buying locally grown and raised organic
foods). The producers of the movie Food Inc, as well as the author of the book The Jungle, appeal to
logos to reveal the corruption of the food industry to people who are less receptive to sad stories and
horrifying images. The producers of Food Inc incorporate written facts on the screen during key
point of the movie. These facts disclose startling information that may not be known to any normal
person. For example, during the Smithfield hog slaughter plant scene, there is a white caption that
reads "...more than 32,000 hogs are slaughtered at Smithfield each day." Numbers like these cannot
just be pushed aside, but must be met with some thought. 32,000 hogs slaughtered each day is a very
large amount, and such an efficient process may not tend to the need of the hogs, nor the consumer.
By adding these captions, the producers of Food Inc effectively distribute

Essay on Farmland Industries Inc.
Introduction
Today, when we hear the slogans "better farming, better food," or "proud to be
farmer owned" one company comes to mind, Farmland Industries. We may think of this of this
fortune 500 company as a leading agricultural powerhouse, which it is, however, it was not always
that way.
Background
Farmland Industries Inc. was founded by Howard A. Cowden, who was born and raised in
Southwestern Missouri. Cowden started young in the cooperative business by working for the
Missouri Farmers Association (MFA). However; in
October of 1927, he had resigned from the position of secretary for the MFA and started out on his
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From here, Farmland Industries only increased its size, sales, and dividends, not to mention
popularity. Some of the major lines include:
Food Marketing, Feed, Crop Production, Grain, Beef, and Pork. Of course, there are many, many
other lines that the company has produced throughout the years. Some of these things include: Ful–
O–Pep (Union Oil Company's
"Antiknock" gas designed to compete with ethyl), CO–OP tires, Batteries,
Groceries, Canning and Dehydration, Tractors, Paint, Twine, Steel buildings, and many other
successful ventures, along with many other flops.
"We've been working to improve margins–by lowering costs, by implementing shared margin
programs, by offering prebooking, and contracting programs in fuel, crop production, products,
& feed–and by increasing our emphasis on providing timely information and other
services" (Annual 94 2).
Organizational Culture
Today, Farmland is the largest farmer–owned agricultural input cooperative in the United States. Its
mission is: To be a producer–driven, customer–focused and profitable "ag supply to consumer
foods" cooperative system (The Farmland Cooperative System 6). The people of Farmland
Industries believe in American agriculture. They believe that everyone involved in progressive
agriculture in America today is entitled to a return on their

Food Industry And Its Effects On The Health And Prosperity...
Engineered Food
Technology and industrialization of the food industry have changed how food is grown, and altered
its nutritional value. Multinational organizations are making decisions that affect the health and
prosperity of people worldwide. These organizations have found ingenuous ways of packaging and
marketing unsafe products to the public. Education and awareness of the problems are the only hope
for improving the food industry and the quality of food.
Industrialization of food began with the advent of fast food chains. The McDonald brothers were the
first to introduce assembly line food processing. By assigning each employee one task to perform
they were more efficient, and they paid those employees less than employers who expected an
employee to perform start to finish tasks. The food industry implemented the assembly line
approach, quickly changing how food is processed, and decreasing the pay rate for workers. Meat
processing once regarded as a profession performed by skilled butchers, now it is a highly
dangerous job filled by minority or illegal immigrants willing to take health and deportation risks
for a very low wage. Efficiency and cost drives all bad behavior across the food industry. (Kenner,
2008)
Cattle once raised on grass and grains now feed on liquefied protein, liquefied fat and corn. The
calves are still grass fed until they reach 400–500 pounds; they are then sold to stocker operators
who start feeding corn to the cattle. This is an unnatural

Film Analysis: Food, Inc.
The documentary film Food, Inc. provides a critical look at the industrialized nature of our country's
food supply. It explores the relationship between how our food is produced and exposes the horrors
and immorality of the food industry. The film highlights different topics regarding the mass
production of corn, the treatment of the animals and the workers, the health consequences. food
safety issues, and how big corporations have control over the food industry because they oversee
everything from the farmer to the supermarket
The first section of the film covered how a handful of companies have changed what we eat and
how we make our food. Thr whole industrial food system began with fast food in the1930s and the
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The Chicken industry has set a model for all meat industry'sth because they want All the birds
coming off the farms to be the same size, creating affordable prices, and big profit. But at what cost?
The first cost is to the farmers. These farmers, like the chickens, mean nothing to companies like
Tyson, because the farmers have no rights and therefore can not complain and the Companies keep
farmers under control by creating debt. Start up costs for a chicken house costs about $200,000
dollars and a farmer will typical have 2 chicken houses and has borrowed up to 500,000 dollars from
the bank. Additionally, farmers risk losing their contract if they don't upgrade per company
guidelines, yet earn about $18,000 dollars a year from these companies.
The second cost is to the chickens. They are kept in darkness and overcrowded with dust and feces
flying everywhere. It was sad to see how The chickens grow so fast and their internal organs and
bones can not keep up with all the weight. These chickens can only take about five steps before they
have to sit down and many of them die as a

Corn Documentary Analysis
Corn has conquered the world. Farmers are being paid by the government to overproduce corn. If
we were to look at the evolution corn has had over the years we would be truly shocked. Before and
even now till this day in some parts of Mexico we can take a glance at how corn was produced at
such small levels compared to today. Everything is being produced at mass levels. I was stunned to
see that corn is the main ingredient in many food and even in not food items. Some of the products
that I had no idea that contained corn are ketchup, cheese, jelly, Kool – Aid, batteries, charcoal,
diapers, Motrin, meat and obviously fast food, but I could talk for everyone and say we all were
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It takes time and a process to make something good. But I truly hope to live the day that changes. I
know we are changing, slowly, but changing. The Smithfield Hog processing plant is the largest
slaughterhouse in the world. Workers are being used as human machines. It used to be the blacks
that worked in these slaughter houses, but little by little we are starting to see mostly illegal
immigrants, people that have no rights and are scared to speak out about what really happens inside
these slaughter houses. As of now meatpacking is one of the most dangerous jobs out there. People
are working in mass production; they are used as human machines. At times, some have had
accidents and cut them self's but since they are working at such fast pace they don't realize they are
leaving some of their blood behind in the meat they are working on. Some have even lost their lives.
According to the film IBP brought immigrants to the US illegally to work on the slaughter houses.
Some workers have dedicated their lives working for these companies because it's all they know and
now workers are being arrested and treated like criminals. They are being sent back to their country.
When this happens, immigration only arrests few workers that way it won't affect the production of
this large slaughter

My Special Diet
Introduction
I consume all non–processed food, I'm on a gluten – sugar – grain – legume, alcohol and dairy
FREE DIET. ... Ok then YES, just an occasional drop of alcohol... My diet is successful and very
healthy through using the 80 – 20 rule.
After my body's non–acceptance of dairy and processed food (along with a whopping 65% of the
worlds population), I endured years of suffering with digestion issues, stomach bloating and ill
health. I am now diagnosed lactose intolerant.
I have written this book to share with you the incredible health benefits, delicious healthy recipes
and the foundation of the diet of the paleolithic man and woman, of course.
Over the past 3 years, I wanted to know if the paleo diet was in fact healthy. Throughout this
cookbook you will discover some amazing evidence, some common sense, some healthy motivators
and some REAL "ah–ha" moments, backed up to date research that supports the delicious recipes of
this amazing evolutionary food.
What I share with you leaves me with NO DOUBT as to what diet we should ALL be eating today.
The Paleo diet is the diet that I live by using the 80 – 20 rule, 80% of the time I stick to this diet with
a 20% margin for straying outside, (this does happen), less often than it did initially, but it does take
any pressure away from diet failure.
Today I have NO health concerns and lead a healthy active life. I no longer ignore the effects that
processed food has had on my health and wellness. The undeniable evidence is,

Food Inc Documentary Analysis
Food, Inc. is the documentary I want to focus on. I am fascinated with this documentary because I
wanted to see how the American agriculture business produces our foods. In Food, Inc., Robert
Kenner sets out discover how our nation produces more food on less land and cheaper costs than
farmers of any other nation. He finds that there are many things wrong with our system. The
ultimate value in food production is getting high profits at low costs. In this informative
documentary, Robert Kenner shows us the sick animals, unhealthy and tainted food, obesity,
diabetes, environmental spoils, and other issues associated with getting high profit margins. I
believe Food Inc. is a very powerful documentary and this has the potential to change how millions
of Americans choose to ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
In the 1970s, the top four beef packing companies like, Tyson Foods, Cargil Foods, Swift &
Company, and The National Beef Packing Company owned about twenty–five percent of the
market, but today these four companies own more than eighty percent of the beef packing market. In
the 1970s, there were many as thousands of slaughterhouses producing the majority of the beef, but
today only thirteen slaughterhouses are left and are responsible for producing the beef consumed by
three hundred million Americans. This is dangerous because these people control the market and
they can feed us anything they want. The average American today eats around two hundred pounds
of meat annually. The documentary also revels that approximately thirty–two thousand hogs are
killed per day in Tar Heel, North Carolina. This town contains the largest slaughterhouse in the
world, called Smithfield Hog Processing Plant. Surprisingly even the forty–seven thousand products
in the average supermarket are distributed by a handful of companies. All of these are examples of
monopoly being played on smaller organizations and the

Food Inc.: Health on the Downfall due to Dirty Business Big businesses play a major role in all
aspects of government and have managed to get a patent on life, meaning that they can control the
way people live. What better way to control the lives of citizens then to create laws controlling the
way food is produced and manufactured. In the food documentary, Food Inc, produced by Robert
Kenner there is a discussion and display about the way food is made and how it has affected both the
citizens and the way that big businesses have corrupted the agricultural and meat industry. The
documentary goes through various ways that business have caused farmers to produce crops and
meats inhumanely. Food in the United States as begun to be produced so ... Show more content on
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Throughout the interview the farmer discusses how Tyson will require her to update her farms in
order to increase production and require her to pay for it which cause her to go into to more debt. A
statistic given by the documentary states that, " a farmer pays around $500,000 to open 3 chicken
farms, and the average chicken farmer makes around $18,000 per year." This statistic given in the
documentary goes to show how the companies like Tyson maximize profit by outsourcing the work
where they do have to pay the expenses of operating the farms. Along with the endless debt that is
piled up there are countless side effects that come from growing the chickens and operating a
chicken farm. Side effects like diseases, becoming immune to antibiotics, and the filth that
surrounds the operation of a chicken farm. The debt that farmers accumulate gets to such a large
number that there is no way out of the business and must deal with being connected to their
company. With all the upgrades that are demanded by big poultry companies like Tyson or Perdue,
and, "between 2004 and 2006 chicken farmers spent over $650 million on upgrades to their chicken
farms, an average of $38,000 per farm." This debt that is racked up is taking out by loans that
farmers must pay back to the banks with no assistance from the big poultry companies. Though the

Monsanto Research Papers
Andy Head
ENGL–1020
Exploratory Outline
Research Proposal: Consumer Trust in the Food Industry
I. Convenience. Many Americans don't know what they would do without the convenience of
everyday life in America. The Food Industry is at the helm of this simple lifestyle. If you 're hungry,
you go to the supermarket and buy what you want. You don't need to worry about hunting for meat
or growing and harvesting plants. Now, all of the hard work involved in obtaining and producing
food is the responsibility of food corporations. In their sophisticated factories, they raise animals and
grow plants, they take care of the hard work and we enjoy the simplicity of supermarket choices.
However, is it such a good idea to place so much blind trust in these companies? Literally every
piece of food we buy at a supermarket, or restaurant comes from one or more large corporations.
Unless you buy food from a local farm, or grow it yourself, you are eating the products of a
company's hard working employees. I've noticed over the past few years that a certain stigma has
started to surround these food producing companies. Monsanto is almost always in the news and
someone is always protesting some food company because of what they may or may not have done.
The root of this stigma seems to be the result of consumer trust. Every day seems to bring some food
related issue to the forefront of every news outlet. I propose a research project in which I will take a
deep look into how much trust, or lack

Smithfield Food’s Vertical Integration Strategy
Smithfield food's vertical integration strategy 1. What are the most important elements of Smithfield
Food's strategy? 1. They chose the food industry – in particular the red meat sector. 2. Their core
business focus was on mainly pork, and beef to a lesser extent. 3. The company opted for an
aggressive growth strategy which is primarily based on amongst others a geographic expansion: o
They carried out 32 acquisitions since 1981. o They expanded into foreign markets – Smithfield
made acquisitions in Canada, France, Romania and Poland. Acquired meat processors in Poland and
Romania; including a hog farming operation in the latter country. 4. They followed a product
diversification strategy, in order to grow: 5. This resulted in ... Show more content on
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They saved local farms and brought jobs to this region. They also shouldered the risk of hog prices,
thereby protecting the farmers. Smithfield was also able to satisfy customer demands of better
products at lower prices. The local farming community showed their tacit support by their eagerness
to do business with Smithfield as there was a two year long waiting list in 1998 for farmers wishing
to enter into contract farming! o The company should be proud of its business model. A business
model refers to how and why the business will generate revenues, cover costs, and produce profits
and a positive ROE. Annual sales in 2006 of $11 billion from $1.5 billion in 1995 and an average
compound growth rate of 24% during the decade speak volumes. However attention is required in
addressing the following: Concerns from the industry observers on contract farming – more
specifically their "debt laden" nature Allegations of unfair labour practices– low pay/ low quality, in
addition the recruitment of migrant labour from Central or South America that may be open to
exploitation. Allegations of detrimental environmental practices – impact of concentrated cluster of
hog farms on the environment. Limited purchase of feed, machinery and fuel from local sources.
Although, trivial the issue of the "smell" in the air Essentially this business model was able to ensure
profitability and sustainability of the company, because economies of scale in

Food Industries Have Different Forms Of Corn
"The food industry doesn't want you to know the truth about what you are eating because if you did
you might not eat" (Source C) Did you know that a lot of the food we consume is actually different
forms of corn? (Source C) It is imperative that we take care of ourselves by the way we eat. Food
industries have changed a lot in the past 50 years to food that is very much contaminated. Teens are
getting upset because their family members are getting sick from eating this unhealthy food. (Source
C) Before it was mostly adult that would be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes but now children are
getting diagnosed as well. (source C)There are certain things that are vital for you to consume for
your body to work properly. For example glucose which ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net
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(source C) Ethylene is used to improve the color of citrus fruits. Also how scientist have created
ways for food to last longer. Due to government policy to overproduce. (Source C) One of the over
produced food being corn is being used in all different in foods and other ways. A lot of this
overproduced foods become processed food. Mcdonald is the largest purchaser of ground beef.
(Source C). In case you didn't know ground beef comes from cows and some farmers have decided
to feed their cows corn because it cost less, but because of this E Coli has evolved. As we may all
now the natural instinct for cows is to eat grass its evolution (change) that cows are now eating corn.
(Source B) E Coli is a bacteria found in the intestines of both animals and people. E Coli is being
passed around in slaughterhouses and this can be dangerous. A woman two year old son ate a
hamburger that was contaminated with E Coli sadly her son had passed away. (Source C) In
Mcdonald a double cheeseburger cost 99 cents buts its crazy how you can't get a head of broccoli for
that same price. (Source C) In the movie it shows how there are some families how after paying all
their bills they don't have enough money to buy healthy food for their

Analysis Of Watching Food Inc.
Watching Food Inc. movie was a deception and a horrifying experience on what is happening in the
food industry in the U.S. After spending time on some of resources like The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration on food safety, The National Food Processors' Association that are in place to protect
farmer's industry and food consumers, to find out these agencies like are not protecting farmers nor
are protecting food consumers in the U.S; and to learn about big corporations like Tyson Foods,
Monsanto that are controlling food industry are putting profit ahead of consumer health, the lives of
American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. The examples failures of U.S.
laws including granting patent right of seed to Monsanto, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net
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Count words: 202
2. the second failure of the U.S law from the movie is overlooking health of the country by allowing
big corporation to produce cheap processed food. The movie show different case of health concerns
that resulted from eating cheap processed food. From Kevin's case of dying with E. coli from eating
burger and the husband family who have diabetes because of eating cheap food. Government failed
to help the families that were looking apologies and justice from big corporations. I would think
agency like FDA in charge of the safety of domestic food would assess potential exposure and
health risks of cheap processed food before they can be on the market. However, as we saw in the
movie, the lobbyists for the big food corporation can help them to bring their commodity on the
market with or without assessment of the health risk of their products. Count words: 142
3. Another example of failure of U.S. laws from the movie is the failure to protect animal welfare.
From the movie, it is clearly that the major corporations in meat industry care only about profit, and
not the well– being of the animals they are producing. from the example of Tyson foods in the
movie, on how they produce the chickens to grow to four times the size of a normal chicken in half
the time that makes the chicken bones and internal organs weak to Smithfield on what they do to
pork during production process. It is disappointing to see the agency

Food Inc Summary
The documentary Food Inc. revolves around the manufacturing of products for our later on
consumption. The inhuman ways in which we obtain these products and the economic down fall in
which we base our normal everyday lives off of. The American population undertakes a huge risk
when consuming these products due to the health hazards that Ignored and not shown to the
consumer by the companies. The documentary is separated into segments that are taking a specific
step to take the problem by hand, whether it is the production of meat, grain or vegetables.
Major meat distributors buy and sell the product to gain a vast amount of income nor matter the
cost. Tyson Foods, Inc. gains 33.3 billion dollars annually by the specialization on bacon,
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If we are unware from such implicitly as in what's in our food we certainly don't know who
processes it or handles it. In the documentary it states that overtime the type of people and their race
has revolutionized. At the start of the meat industry it started with white males then went to Africa
Americans to now undocumented Mexican/ Latino males. Companies like Tyson take advantage of
these people because they are undocumented and basically have no rights. This way the companies
can pay the workers less than the required minimum wage. And besides that the men get taken away
from their homes and sent back to the countries by ICE police, but the companies don't get blamed
or Acknowledge for hiring these undocumented workers.
Food inc. shows the normal viewer about the flues in the system called the food industry that they
may otherwise be oblivious too. On June 12, 2009, Participant Media showcased a worldwide
epidemic seen before; that us as normal everyday humans can change whether it be by only buying
local grown vegetables of growing our own. By buying one meat product you showcase a world
vote to inhospitable way towards animal cruelty. MEAT IS

Smithfield Foods Executive Summary
Consequent to realizing my B.S in Science from Kansas State University I was recruited to work for
Smithfield Foods, Oklahoma Division. I used to work for this respected company for nine years.
During my employment, I realized the food industry invested millions every year in promoting their
brand towards consumers. The marketing department did a phenomenal job in advertising the
Smithfield brand across the world. Smithfield Foods is the No. 1 U.S. producer of packaged pork
products. Their brand encompasses the labels: Farmland, John Morrell, and Eckrich; just to name a
few. Labeling is vital to the success of the corporation. Even though Smithfield makes John Morrell
products, the company does not believe in changing the label to Smithfield Foods because their
customers have product acceptance. Nevertheless, as Smithfield releases a new food product line
customers are more apt to buy the product since they trust the brand. Moreover, Smithfield does an
exceptional job of product identification. Customers can easily identify with the Smithfield logo
without looking at the letters on the package. Therefore, making it easier for people to buy their
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Individuals have faith in the brand plus people tend to stay with items they are familiar with instead
of putting time into researching other products brands from other companies, thus creating shopping
efficiency plus risk reduction among brand labels (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). Smithfield promoted
awareness of pork consummation in Pork, "The Other White Meat" campaign with Mega T.V.
Chiefs. In 2006 Smithfield contracted Paula Dean to make commercials advertising their pork
products. Paula Dean proved to be a hit among viewers generating substantial revenue for

Food Inc Essay
The Unveiling of the Food Industry Food is an essential part of our lives. We consume it every day
and absolutely need it to live and thrive successfully. With something so significant to us, why
should we risk the source of where our food comes from? Robert Kenner created a powerhouse
documentary film called Food Inc. that gives an accurate description of the horrible realities of
corporate farming by providing evidence of the harm affecting both humans and animals. Robert
Kenner is a film director and producer. Kenner claims that today; food can be potentially harmful to
the health of any consumer and the process of creating certain foods is detrimental to the lives of the
animals and humans involved in the procedure. Kenner ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Pathos is persuasion by, in this case, clips in a video, to appeal to the emotions of the viewer. Robert
Kenner displays multiple scenes representing pathos; some that are graphic, sad, or cruel. In the start
of the first chapter, "Fast Food to All Food", pathos already played a role when it came to the living
conditions of the chickens in the first chapter. Since the demand for food is so high, chicken
companies such as Tyson are mass–producing their chickens at such a fast rate and are being grown
as food rather than animals. According to Fast Food Nation's author, Eric Schlosser, the chickens are
now being "raised and slaughtered in half the time they were fifty years ago but now they're twice as
big". Kenner showcases this fact by providing a memorable visual of the size comparison of the
chickens. Carole Morison, a Perdue grower describes the anatomy of chickens being grown in seven
weeks by stating that "their bones and internal organs can't keep up with the rapid growth".
According to Carole, the chickens could barely stand, as they would "take a few steps and just plop
down because they can't keep up with all the weight they're carrying." It was sad witnessing the
struggle of the chickens with such a simple task as just walking.
However, the size of the chickens weren't the only issue, the living conditions also created problems.
For example, the Tyson farms were raising their chickens in horrible farmhouses. Vince Edwards, a

Factory Farming: Are They Humane?
As you may know there are many problems with factory farming. They're also many questions. How
does it affect the food we eat? Is it humane? Would you want to live near a CAFO? What will they
do about all their problems? What will do they fix them? Can they? Lets find out. The first question,
are they humane? In 2005 they killed 27 million hogs. They stuff 500,000 hogs in one farm. Forty
full–grown male hogs in one pin the size of a small apartment. Where they don't even have enough
room to move. The conditions they make them live in are also horrible. There's no sunlight, fresh
straw or air. The floors are slatted so the waste can drop down, and the one of the only things that is
keeping them alive are the big fans. So are they humane? Not ... Show more content on
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They feed their animals with more than 24 million pounds a year. Also consuming almost 70% of
antibiotics. The more antibiotics they feed their hogs, the more resistant we become to them. They
lode the hogs up with antibiotics just so it can make it to the slaughterhouse were they can kill it
legally. So when you're sick the longer it's going to take to feel better. Now the safety of their
workers. There have been many stories of people dying out at Smithfield, with people falling into
the lagoons and dying to the toxic fumes, to having all the side effect of this job. Most Smithfield
worker experience bronchitis, asthma, heart palpitations, headaches, nosebleeds, and brain damage.
They must get paid a lot to work there, because there's no other reason I would. Which leads in to
the third question, would you live around a CAFO? An elderly couple Julian and Charlotte live near
a Smithfield spray field. Charlotte was once standing in the kitchen, and saw Julian collapse in the
yard. She ran out there and threw a coat over his head, then brought him inside. He now has
respiratory problems, and rarely goes outside. There are many cons to factory farming. As you read
they aren't very humane with there animals. They also do not take safety into concern as much as
they should for their workers with all of the problems they had. I say we need to get rid of factory

Documentary Analysis: Food Inc.
Documentary Analysis: Food Inc. Food Inc. is a documentary directed by Robert Kenner and
featuring the popular author, Eric Schlosser. It is aimed towards the general audience of consumers.
Specifically those who do not tend to buy organic products, but buy the processed foods, fast foods,
or foods from the top food companies. Kenner's argument is how the big food companies are
dangerous to both people and animals, financially and health–wise. He goes on to argue with,
mostly, anecdotes of people affected (negatively) by these companies, as well as interviews with
people involved with the companies. One of the main argument in Food Inc. is the mistreatment of
animal. Older videos are shown where the animals are crammed together in one area.

Film Analysis: Professor Food Inc.
Professor Food Inc. is a documentary showing what corporations hide during food processing.
Today, farms are being controlled by big corporations. They are being told what to do by these big
corporations like Tyson, Smithfield, Monsanto, and more. These corporations regulate farms to give
both crops and animals steroids, antibiotics, herbicides/pesticides so that they can grow bigger,
faster, and grow to a bigger profit. Monsanto forces the farmers to use their genetically modified
bean that withstands pesticide sprayed over crops. When seed farmers sign a contract with
Monsanto, they are required to use their engineered seeds. Monsanto sues the farmer if they do not
use the seeds that they require them to use. The regulations of these companies cause ... Show more
A farmer named Carole that they interviewed in the film was contracted by a company and when she
rejected to upgrade to the dark–tunnel houses for her chickens, the company terminated her contract.
They also showed a farmer at the beginning, he had the dark–tunnel chicken houses, but he did not
allow the Food Inc. film crew to go inside and film what the house looked like. This means that
Tyson did not want the public audience to know how the chickens are treated. These chickens are
injected with steroids right when they are born so that they grow bigger at a faster rate. The chickens
are bigger than they should be and they just drop after trying to walk. The filmmakers also
interviewed more farmers and experts, but another way they showed credibility was by showing
statistics in the captions. In the captions they shared facts like how now have 13 slaughterhouses in
the United States of America compared to the 1,000 we had in the 1970's. They said that the average
American eats 200 pounds of meat per year. They gave the audience a brief history on how the fast
food industry

Monsanto Research Paper
Yesterday I finally finish watching the food Inc. I started watching this film before Thanksgiving
break but was not able to get back to viewing the film until yesterday. This film was available on
Netflix. When the film started I like what is this a documentary? But as I watched the film, it
became of interest to me due this is the type of film you must actively listen to the dialoged, while
watching.
I had stopped the film several times, first to understand what was being said by the farmer who has
disgusted his voice above a whisper, second to see the Perdue chicken farms in Kentucky,
Smithfield farms slaughter house in North Carolina. Disturbing on how those companies treat their
workers and animals.
We saw what a coli outbreak does and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Then the farmer winds settling out of court to keep from being bankrupt by Monsanto. Is Monsanto
the seed enforce? Shame on Monsanto!!
What irradiates me as we the public allow Monsanto to be very tight fisted and be the bully
regarding patent infringement. We have colgoison regarding our government leaders with Monsanto:
Clarence Thomas former attorney for Monsanto now US supreme court judge for life, Donald
Rumsfeld goes from being CEO of Searle (owned by Monsanto) to U.S. Secretary of State, John
Ashcroft NC state senator large amounts of donations to his campaign. How does Robert Shapiro go
from CEO of Monsanto to President Clinton's advisory board?
I did like the one farmer who everything on his farm, slaughter his own chickens by hand, did not
use feed with antibiotics, free range animals. I told his prices where then the supermarket but his
produce and meat products were

Smithfield Foods Business Model Essay
The is no magic formula in developing a competency–based model. Nonetheless, the key to any
model is doing something that works for the firm. Do not copy another business competency model
as there are too many variables from the organizational culture to company goals. Recall a
competency–based model measuring the learning of skill or task vs. the time it takes to accomplish
the job (Kadam, 2017). Once a person masters a specific ability then he or she is moved to the next
training phase. Several organizations use on the job training to train employee as well as to retain
and eliminate turnover. A person has no time limit as to when to master a job skill set but rather to
understand the importance of the job they are doing and how it affects the performance of the
organization. One company who excels in quality food products as well as recruiting the best talent
is Smithfield Foods. Below are the mission and vision of this leading organization. Beneath is
Smithfield Foods mission plus ones' point of view regarding their values.
Mission– Smithfield Foods is passionate about producing excellent food the right way. The business
depends on the humane treatment of animals, stewardship of the environment, providing safe and
high–quality food, the vitality of ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
As one can see, many job titles are relevant to the accomplishment of the organization. Smithfield
Foods offer a variety of jobs within one roof a person can work with numbers as a controller while
an individual having a biology degree can work in a lab. In a sense, the organization has various
skill sets needed for many departments. There are several cultures under one roof. It has small
communities within a large

Ethos In The Food Industry
The ethos is effectively developed when proving his credability as the audience sees he really cares
about what is going on in the food industry. He also proves this by conducting interviews with many
people and educating Americans about the detrimental effects the food industry is having on society.
He interviews Barbara Kowalck, whose two and a half year old son died twelve days from E. coli
after eating a hamburger. The interview shows her investigating the facts of the beef industry whose
drive for efficiency and profit has increased the incidence of E. coli, and she has since become a
food safety advocate, fighting to restore the USDA's power to be able to shut down plants that
repeatedly produce contaminated meats. Kenner also interviews Phil English who is a Republican of
Pennsylvania and is the cosponsor of Kevin's Law. "A version of Kevin's Law passed congress.
President Obama signed the Food Safety ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Carole is disgusted by the animal raising practices forced on people like her corporation that she
risks, potential retaliation from the company to show filmmakers what no other Perdue farmer
would. Kenner also has interviews with Michael Pollan, author of, The Ominvore's Dilemma,
interviews Allen Trenkle which is a Ruminant Nutrition Expert from Iowa State University.
In addition to using ethos, Kenner uses logos which presents factual information and statistics to his
audience. He successfully does this by the interview he had with Carole Morison and she states that
it costs anywhere between Two Hundred and Eighty Thousand and Three Hundred Thousand dollars
to get a chicken house up and running. Then the companies always come back and mandate
upgrades so it is easy to have Five Hundred Thousand dollars invested in just one chicken house. It
was also stated that most chicken farmers only make around Eighteen Thousand dollars per

Film Analysis: The Food, Inc.
Commonly overlooked in today's times of fast food, synthetic proteins, and preservative–packed
treats, the production of such goods behind the scenes of America's food factories is far from
perfect. The ideology in the industrialized food system's ability to promote health in our
environment has grown to be nothing short of questionable according to the standards and codes of
modern times. After watching the Food, Inc. documentary, I became aware of so many hidden issues
that rest in the food processing businesses of the United States, ranging everywhere from meat
processing contamination to legal troubles with private farms. By the end of the documentary,
among the many disturbances, I perhaps felt most surprised by the cruelty of animals ... Show more
Supposedly responsible for regulating food consumption and health standards, the USDA and FDA
set forth criteria that food processing companies must abide by to successfully keep food safe for
consumers. However, I feel as though these government organizations, in combination with greedy
corporations, are failing at their jobs, leaving consumers to fend for themselves in food safety. For
this exact reason, we, as a society, deserve the right to know what is in our food; our daily
nourishment is simply not something meant to be feared or questioned. Food labeling and daily
advertising are essential tools that aid in avoiding such horror, providing even slightly more insight
to purchasers. Information provided through these tactics should be honest, approved, and reliable,
requested by the consumer upon desire for making wise decisions; major corporate businesses, in no
way, shape, or form, should be granted permission to decide what types of information should be
disclosed, as their secretive nature could possibly interfere with this aspect of food safety greatly.
Similar to how everyone deserves to be informed of the nourishment they are providing themselves,
I also believe that access to healthy food should be available to everyone, making it a basic right. As
long as people are willing to work and process the healthy food we eat, they also should be able to
partake. Overall, my opinions and beliefs on the food industry will never be what they once were;
they will forever be distorted by the lucrative, profit–seeking motives guiding major food
corporations across the

Rhetorical Analysis Of The Movie 'Food, Inc'
The movie/documentary Food, Inc. came out in 2008, directed and starred by Robert Kenner.
Kenners' goal for this movie was to show the people of America the food they are eating and how
there food is being processed, feed, treated, and killed. Kenner uses a very serious and respectful
way to show the American people the food they are putting in their bodies. Kenner uses rhetorical
strategies such as ethos by showing you a few of the farmers that grow crops or raise animals that
we eat. Kenner also uses logos by showing the American people facts/ statistics. The last rhetorical
strategy Kenner uses is pathos. Kenner uses multiple people as a way to grab the watchers hearts
and attention. Kenner uses the rhetorical strategy ethos by introducing important people of the food
industry to the people of America. Kenner introduces us to Joel Salatin. He runs the farm called
"Polyface farms". He compares amd explains in the movie/documentary how his farm is ran and
how the animals are fed and treated compared to corporations like Smithfield and Tyson. Kenner
features the "Polyface Farm" from anywhere to what the animals eats to where the animals live.
Salatin acknowledges that his animals do not eat corn or any product with corn involved. Salatin
guides us through the process of killing chickens and how they are handled and packaged. Kenner
also compared this process with with huge corporations like Tyson and how their chickens are
killed. Tyson has their chicken coops packed with so many that the chickens are unable to move
around so when chicken farmers feed the Tyson chickens they all keep gaining weight since they are
big that they can con carry their own weight anymore. The chicken farmers emphasize that Tyson
tries to make every chicken look alike so that when that chickens are packaged there will not be a
huge size discrepancy. Another man interviewed in the movie/documentary is Moe Parr. Parr was a
seed cleaner for local farmers around their town. Parr addressed that Monacello (seed company) was
sueing him for cleaning seeds. Monasello's argument was that they have a contract with every
farmer who buys seeds from them; that when they save their seeds that they are expected to send
those seeds back to the

a. Symbol/pg. 38: something to which people attach meaning and then use to communicate with one
another. The symbolic culture that exists within the supermarkets across America are far from actual
representations of the true farm life and food processing market, that we the consumers fail to
recognize. On thousands of processed food items across the storefront, images of farmers, picket
fences, chicken coops, and other typical farm symbols are placed in the consumer's sight so that they
are forced to believe the farm friendly origins of their food. Almost every dairy product sold
advertises cows in a green and open pasture, representing that the cows are happily and healthily
living prior to begin used as a food source for mankind. This is ... Show more content on
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Interview/pg. 129: direct questioning of respondents. The film Food Inc. did a good job of having
actual farmers provide their opinion on matters within the farm–to–food industry via different styles
of interviews. For the most part, these interviews were very much unstructured. The farmers would
be walking around their farms or doing ordinary tasks and just either answer the questions asked of
them, or simply talk and describe the work they were doing in front of the camera. It is through
these types of interviews that the viewers get to really see what happens on the farms and how the
farmers feel about such topics that were covered in the documentary. I noticed that almost all
farmers who spoke on camera exuded rapport with the camera crew and the known audience. While
they knew that any word they said could be published in the media, they trusted the crew enough to
speak openly about their opinions most of the time. Those who held contracts with Tyson or other
major industry leaders were a little more close–mouthed when asked poignant questions. The most
interesting thing I noticed on the topic of interviews, was that the owners and managers of the
animal processing plants almost always refused to be interviewed on camera. They knew better than
to let their secrets out and then as a would be consequence, ostracized by the public. The public
backlash would be incredible, sales would plummet, and the brand loyalty that many households had
would also fall by the way side. Because of these declining interviews, the manufacturing sites
refused to be placed under a case study. Instead, we the public must continue to be in the dark as to
what actually happens to the animals that are processed for the foods we eat. Perhaps one day,
someone's tongue will slip and we will know the truth about what goes on behind the doors of these
major industrial leading companies.

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Food Inc. documentary – notes
Supermarkets and corn: Grocery store tomatoes are picked green and then ripened with ethylene gas
Most people have no idea where their food comes from – food industry doesn't want you to know
the truth about what you are eating because if you did you might not eat it The average grocery store
has 47,000 products which makes it look like there is a large variety of choice – but it is an illusion
– there are only a few major companies and a few major crops involved Much of the processed food
is just clever rearrangements of corn (eg. of the additives that are derived from corn: cellulose,
saccharin, polydextrose, xanthan gum, maltodextrin, and high fructose corn syrup) 30% ... Show
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with no windows Chickens, (with the help of growth hormones) grow from a baby chic to a 5.5 lb
chicken in 7 weeks, the bones can't keep up with growth – which means some can't handle weight
that they are carrying so when they try to take a few steps they fall down Corn is cheap (and also
helps make the chickens fat quickly) allows low meat prices – over 200lbs of meat per person per
year would not be possible without this diet of cheap grain Expensive with respect to the
environmental and health costs
Pork and hog processing plants: Those who work for a Smithfield hog processing plant say the
company has the same mentality towards workers as they do the hogs They slaughter 32,000 hogs
per day (2,000 hogs an hour) and employees get infections from handling the guts so much Meat
packing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the US and it is done by a lot of illegal immigrants
The government's role: The Government is dominated by the industries it is supposed to be
regulating 70% of processed foods have Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) – the food industry
fought against having to label foods as GMO and won It is also against the law to criticize the food
industry's foods – thanks to the "Veggie Libel Laws" In Colorado you can go to prison for criticizing
their foods The "Cheeseburger bills" make it difficult to sue them, but these companies have legions
of attorneys and they may sue you

Tyson Foods Mission Statement
When you think of Tyson Foods, what is the first thing that comes to mind? The commercials of the
young children eating Tyson's chicken strips or going into a grocery store and seeing a bag of
chicken strips in the frozen food section. Well, Tyson Foods Incorporated is one of the world's
biggest suppliers of not only Chicken but Beef and Pork as well. The company is segmented into
five different groups like Pork, Chicken, Beef, Prepared Foods, and Other. The segment of other
consists of food items such as soups, sauces, side dishes, pasta, and etc. their products are marked
and sold by their sales staff to the following; to grocery retailers, grocery wholesalers, meat
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The company currently has roughly one–hundred–twenty–two–thousand team members, with its
headquarter located in Springdale, Arkansas (Tyson Foods, Inc., 2017). Tyson's purpose is to not
only develop a business impact but also to help in the community, they also grow the engagement of
the current team members. Tyson aims to be inclusive and value all of its shareholders, customers,
team members, and the community. Tyson also operates honorably and provides a safe working
environment for its team members (Tyson Foods, Inc.). Tyson Food is eighty–second on the fortune
500 list, and has been on the fortune 500 list for the last twenty–three years. (Time Inc., 2017).
Tyson Foods mission statement is "We are dedicated to producing and marketing trusted quality
food products that fit today's changing lifestyles and to attracting, rewarding and retaining the best
people in the food industry" (Tyson Foods., 2015). Their well know slogan is "Powered by Tyson".
Tyson Foods claims to have the smartest and brightest leaders, that have the ability to make quick
and great decisions to create rapid growth while creating a path for a better future. Some key
members of their leadership team are; Tom Hayes the current president and CEO of the company,
Stewart F. Glendinning an Executive Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer, Mary Oleksiuk
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