Thoughts On the Food Inc. Documentary

I was very shocked by the information on the Food Inc. documentary in class. I never really thought just how processed and controlled the food that I eat daily really is. It's almost disturbing. I never really thought where most of my foods were coming from. I just assumed that meat was grown on farms, plants were grown in a field, and that's about it. I think what really opened my eyes was how unaware that our culture is about all of this. I would think that most people have my previous thoughts/beliefs about how most food is from farms. It's apparent that society is pretty oblivious to this because there are millions of people that continue to buy fast-food, and other cheap food at groccery stores. I will say this; I truly applaud the organic farmers that are taking a stand and growing crops and raising animals the right way. Those farmers see the food industry for what it really is and actually want ot sell safe and healthy food products. Unfortunately, they're dream of selling organic foods is very difficult to achieve because the food industry has diligently incorporated it's cheap food products into our culture. As a culture we've grown up to accept the cheap products that are out there. In one of our pop culture classes, we had a discussion on how companies like McDonald's have been going after little children, making sure that they buy their products from an early age. This causes the children to grow up with the acceptance of these foods, blinding them from the injustice, unhealthiness, and corruption of the food industries. Something else I really found interesting in the video was how corn can be genetically rearranged to be suitable for multiple products. I didn't know that corn is among the most common ingredient in most food products. They even start feeding corn to cows, so meat is effected by corn to. This causes the organic farmers to shake their heads because they say that cows should be eating grass, not corn. I'll say this again, but I really admire the organic farmers and what they stand for. If it was up to me, I'd switch out the executives and CEO's of the top food companies with organic farmers, because they truly recognize how good food should be handled and distributed. Even though this documentary is eye-opening, I doubt that it will make much impact against the food industries. Our society will continue to shop at Wal-mart, buy cheeseburgers from McDonalds, and eat food products with genetically modified corn. As unfortunate as it is, the food industry is so deeply rooted within our culture, I really don't see it leaving. Our culture will remain oblivious in terms of where food is coming from. Even I probably won't drastically change my ways on what I'll eat. But I will say this, this documentary really makes me want to choose organic foods over the processed food I've been eating for so long. I really will try to shop more at farmer's markets and spread the word about what really is behind the food industries.