Food inc response

Do not allow the big time food companies/industries to continue this way. They control the entire countries diet. By denying people as much information as they can about what they are feeding us, they are able to keep most in the dark so few have any incentive to make change. Do not allow this to continue happening. Make a difference by knowing about what you eat. If people are knowledgeable of what they are eating they will be willing to make changes in their diets. This is the key. Do not allow these sometimes even deadly foods to continue being fed to us. Make a difference.

The movie and the book had many similarities and differences. Generally the book was much more specific and detailed; spending more time on topics/ideas while for most things the movie was relatively brief in its explanation. Although this is true, the movie made the information much more pleasurable to obtain. While it is good that the book was very detailed it sometimes stayed on a topic for a bit too long. The movie was very concise. The movie also gave a much more interesting representation, being that it was able to visually show what happened in the slaughter houses and what the animals were really living like.

I defiantly preferred the movie over the book. The visual representations were much more helpful in keeping me interested and understanding what harsh conditions there were for the animals. Going back to the précis, it mentioned that the people in America are not really motivated to even care about what they are eating. This is very interesting to me because I feel that if I was someone that had issues with my health that would be one of the first things that I would look into. Doctors and other experts can simply tell you what is good and bad but knowing what exactly you are eating, to me, will be the most helpful information. This is especially true when you can easily make small changes that make a big difference from knowing these things. I even have peers that, just by watching the movie, are motivated to make changes in their eating styles. I think the main feeling that I get from the movie was disappointment more than anything. Many may be feeling sad, mainly for the animals, and while that may true, I think that animals live their lives to be eaten. It is part of life, so while I am sympathetic towards them, it was going to happen eventually. I am mainly disappointed that people can consciously have those living conditions for the animals, knowing that they can easily pick up diseases that way. They are consciously willing to risk giving life threatening diseases by them doing that. That was the most disappointing thing that I saw, especially when examples like the young boy, Kevin, who died at age two. Even after his death the company continued to distribute the poisoned meat, putting even more people’s lives at risk.