Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Response for Food Inc.
Based on what our class has read as a whole in regard to food and its production, I can honestly say that I wasn't too surprised what Food Inc. had to offer. I suppose my main issue/question is that if the production of food and treatment of workers/animals is so bad (even the case where the small child died)--what's being done to change these problems into something more positive? I sympathized greatly with the farmers, the mother who lost her child, and the older gentlemen at the end of the film, Moe. My question is what can be done if anything? It seems as though wanting to change for the better is ideal, but is that enough? I consider the corporations basically have the main say--it just seems like a wasted effort. I suppose I can appreciate an individual or group attempting to fight for what's right, but it really seems as though nothing is going to happen. If something does, I feel the result is so little that it'll eventually mean nothing. I had a problem with the ending credits in the film too. The words and suggestions flashing on the screen were inspirational, but to me, doing something that in my opinion seems minimal, won't in the long run make for an overall positive change. The movie posed all of these problems and issues, and the credits rolled and had answers/suggestions. I feel as though American loves convenience and money--and with those two things, it seems unlikely that attitudes will change over night. I'm saddened that something so drastic has to happen first (the child dying) before there's even talk of change.
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I can see where you are coming from. It is extremely difficult to change a society that is bent on gaining money and convenience regardless of the environmental cost. Yet we cannot give up hope and allow wealthy executives control what we eat and its production. If people had this apathetic attitude throughout American history, blacks would never have become free, and women would still be locked in a men’s dwellings. (Obama would not be office without normal people pitching in) It took many years, lots of organizations, persuasion, and hard work to make social change. Just think about. Just a hundred years ago, people who would come out of the closet would be persecuted. But now, thanks to ordinary people like you and I, they can walk down the streets with much less fear. If we want to change the way food is produced and who controls it, it will only take normal people who are organized and determined to make it happen.
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