Review of Our Daily Bread (1934) by J D — 20 Dec 2007

This is a documentary in the purest sense of the word. No narration, no interviews, just an unblinking camera watching how our food is produced. Probably not a good idea to watch it while you're eating.

I actually felt shades of "The Matrix" while watching chicks being shot through conveyor belts and the assembly line slaughter of pigs and cows. A very cold, impersonal process. And while the scenes of the slaughterhouses are certainly more visceral, even some of the scenes of vegetable farming gives one pause, especially the scene showing guys dressed up in what amounts to radiation suits as they spray chemicals on tomatoes that will eventually be consumed by humans not wearing radiation suits.

Definitely an eye-opening look into exactly how our food makes it to our table.