Review of Food, Inc. (2008) by Latoya H — 01 Aug 2010
It takes a well-made documentary to convince a potentially hostile viewer such as myself of the merits of the filmmaker's argument. Food, Inc succeeds and excels in this regard. Perhaps its chief achievement is the modesty of its point.
There is no call to end industrial scale agriculture and only tangential points about animal cruelty and environmentalism. As the filmmaker recognizes, the revolution in agriculture has made food grow larger, faster, and cheaper.
.. but it has not made it safer. And that is chiefly the fault of a systemic crisis in which technical solutions spawn unintended consequences. Monopolistic food companies are the chief target of this documentary, and rightly so, given the evidence of their deception and collusion with government regulators.
The only reason I didn't rate this higher was its silence on the point of how to support world population with smaller (and likely more expensive) food producers.
This review of Food, Inc. (2008) was written by Latoya H on 01 Aug 2010.
Food, Inc. has generally received very positive reviews.
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