Gabrielle Albertha C. Burgos November 29, 2012

AGRI 121

Food Inc.

(a reaction paper)

Food. One of the major necessities of man. One by which no man can live without and now one

that many scientist and researchers look for ways to increase the production of food with respect to the

increasing population. Today, many technologies have made its way in the Agriculture industry. Some

are GMOs, use of round-up ready corn, etc. In the film, Food Inc., it highlighted the situation of

Agriculture today and most problems experienced by the farmers themselves.

When we go to the supermarket, we usually pick foods that are, for us we think is healthy and at

the same time cheap. We are deceived by the labels saying they are fresh and all, but in truth animals

slaughtered in the process are abused. One of which is the poultry industry. In order to increase the

meat size of the chickens, they are placed in dark, ventilated cages where they could not freely walk

because inside the cage is too crowded. As a result, there is less energy used in walking making them

fatter, but on the other hand, after 2-4 steps, the chickens could no longer continue to walk. Some

chickens die inside the cage mainly because they could not stand the over-crowdedness.

Other issues have been raised against major companies. One of which is the Kevin’s law not

being implemented up until now. The Kevin’s law is a law which makes companies close their businesses

if they are found to have failed in at least 2 tests of salmonella and such in their products conducted by

the DFA. It is sad to know that it is not yet implemented because their reason is that the government has

no authority to close private owned companies and stop their transactions.

From all of the issues raised in the film, we should know that we should be aware of what we

eat. Know the contents of each product. Buy organic foods and buy foods which are in season. We

should also buy foods which are produced locally and eat healthy foods. We should take in

consideration that every food that we eat can greatly affect our family in the future so start being

aware.