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| Year: | 2008 |
| Rating: | 7.9(7580) |
| Listed in: | Documentary |
| Directed by: | Robert Kenner |
| "Hungry For Change?" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Robert Kenner | |
| Actors | |
| Gary Hirshberg | as Himself |
| Michael Pollan | as Himself |
| Troy Roush | as Himself |
| Joel Salatin | as Himself |
| Eric Schlosser | as Himself |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Gross: |
USA - 834,848 USD (28 June 2009) Hong Kong - 40,744 HKD (7 June 2009) |
| Plot: | The current method of raw food production is largely a response to the growth of the fast food industry since the 1950s. The production of food overall has more drastically changed since that time than the several thousand years prior. Controlled primarily by a handful of multinational corporations, the global food production business - with an emphasis on the business - has as its unwritten goals production of large quantities of food at low direct inputs (most often subsidized) resulting in enormous profits, which in turn results in greater control of the global supply of food sources within these few companies. Health and safety (of the food itself, of the animals produced themselves, of the workers on the assembly lines, and of the consumers actually eating the food) are often overlooked by the companies, and are often overlooked by government in an effort to provide cheap food regardless of these negative consequences. Many of the changes are based on advancements in science and technology, but often have negative side effects. The answer that the companies have come up with is to throw more science at the problems to bandage the issues but not the root causes. The global food supply may be in crisis with lack of biodiversity, but can be changed on the demand side of the equation. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"Sunny L.A." Written by Nancy Peterson Performed by Great American Swing Band "This Land Is Your Land" Words & Music by Woody Guthrie Published by TRO - Ludlow Music, Inc. (BMI) Performed by Bruce Springsteen Courtesy of Columbia Records By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment |
Quotes
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Michael Pollan: There are no seasons in the American supermarket. Now there are tomatoes all year round, grown halfway around the world, picked when it was green, and ripened with ethylene gas. Although it looks like a tomato, it's kind of a notional tomato. I mean, it's the idea of a tomato. Joel Salatin: A culture that just uses a pig as a pile of protoplasmic inanimate structure, to be manipulated by whatever creative design the human can foist on that critter, will probably view individuals within its community, and other cultures in the community of nations, with the same type of disdain and disrespect and controlling type mentalities. Joel Salatin: I'm always struck by how successful we have been at hitting the bull's-eye of the wrong target. I mean we have learned- for example, in cattle we have learned how to plant, fertilize and harvest corn using global positioning satellite technology, and nobody sits back and asks, "But should we be feeding cows corn?" We've become a culture of technicians. We're all into the how of it and nobody's stepping back and saying "But why?" Title card: In 1972, the FDA conducted approximately 50,000 food safety inspections. In 2006, the FDA conducted 9,164. Title card: SB-63 passed the State Legislature. But Governor Schwarzenegger then vetoed it. Eric Schlosser: These companies fight, tooth and nail, against labeling. The fast food industry fought against giving you the calorie information. They fought against telling you if there is trans-fat in your food. The meat packing idustry for years prevented country-of-origin labeling. They fought not to label genetically modified foods; and now 70% of processed food in the supermarket has some genetically modified ingredient. Eric Schlosser: These companies have legions of attorneys. And they may sue, even if they know they can't win, just to send a message. Joel Salatin: I think it's one of the most important battles for consumers to fight: the right to know what's in their food, and how it was grown. |
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