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Food Inc. 
“The food industry has changed more in the last fifty years than it has in the last ten thousand.” Not for the better, for the worse. The foremost concept of Food Inc. is that America needs to change its agricultural industry the right way. America turned its agriculture world into a machine, so in humane that it is hidden from the public.

Food Inc. and Omnivore’s Dilemma have similarity and differences but the movie showed a more one-sided argument towards how bad the agricultural industry is. Compared to the book, which was more factual and informative acting as an unbiased opinion. The movie used images and facts to put forth the directors view on how the industry should be portrayed. In peoples minds this will stand out more because the harsh images that the director got of the industry are shown and not left to the imagination of the reader. In the movie they are able to state facts like “McDonald is the largest buyer of ground beef in America” and show the type of beef they are buying with comments on how it is made. But if this line were in the book it probably would not faze me as it did in the film because I would not have a graphic image sitting in my head. The movie also discussed more about the lobbyists in Washington and how they protect their industry. The book tells more about the actual farms the animals are coming from and the farms they should be coming from. The author, Michael Pollan worked on the farms getting the full experience of the industrial and non-industrial world.

When I think about Food Inc. I think of the animals being slaughtered, genetically grown food, sickness that can kill and then I think about how well the movie made me think like it. It also showed me another example of how our government is corrupt. The government does not put its peoples interests first but their pockets. The world looks to America not just as a role model but also as a source of income. If we are able to make food like corn cheaper than poor countries we might as well start killing them. The grains and food they once sold to the United States which possible made up their whole economy is now gone. Why does the government stand by while a food system is being built that is bad for people, bad for land and unsustainable?