Food Inc. Documentary Questions
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Food INC. Documentary
1. What is the documentary about?
The film is about how huge companies are in control of the food the americans eat, and how unhealthy it has become.
2. When didthe drive-ins start?
They started in 1975. This service was provided by McDonald’s.
3. How did they cut down costs?
They cut down costs by hiring employers which only job was to do one thing inthe fast-food making process.
4. Who is the biggest purchaser of meat in the US?
The largest purchaser of meat is McDonalds.
5. Mention 5 of the companies from the documentary.
Walmart,McDonalds, Monsanto, Tyson Foods, Smithsfield Foods, Perdue Farms.
6. What is the difference between a 1950’s chicken and today’s?
Chicken were not treated as badly as they do now. Today wehave huge slaughterhouses and a bigger demand of chicken.
7. Why are farmes unhappy with the system?
They are not happy because multinational companies control them. As as result of this, thefarmers are forced to work in a way most of them do not want.
8. Why is corn so important today?
Corn is very important nowadays because you can find many food and beverage ingredients from it.This is why there are many corn crops in the US.
9. How has animal’s food changed from the 50’s to today?
Farm animals those days were not fed with fattening food, which nowadays most foodproduction companies do.
10. What are the three most important elements in our food today?
* Vitamins
* Proteins
* Lipides
11. How are immigrants involved in the productionprocess?
Companies hire inmigrants from Mexico because they can pay them less than an avarage american would ask for.
12. What is Walmart’s attitude towards ‘organics’?
They only want to have thembecause it gives them a ‘good’ image.
13. Who produces the soybean seed?
Monsanto Company produces the soybean.
14. What does centralized power mean?
Centralized power means there is a...
1. What is the documentary about?
The film is about how huge companies are in control of the food the americans eat, and how unhealthy it has become.
2. When didthe drive-ins start?
They started in 1975. This service was provided by McDonald’s.
3. How did they cut down costs?
They cut down costs by hiring employers which only job was to do one thing inthe fast-food making process.
4. Who is the biggest purchaser of meat in the US?
The largest purchaser of meat is McDonalds.
5. Mention 5 of the companies from the documentary.
Walmart,McDonalds, Monsanto, Tyson Foods, Smithsfield Foods, Perdue Farms.
6. What is the difference between a 1950’s chicken and today’s?
Chicken were not treated as badly as they do now. Today wehave huge slaughterhouses and a bigger demand of chicken.
7. Why are farmes unhappy with the system?
They are not happy because multinational companies control them. As as result of this, thefarmers are forced to work in a way most of them do not want.
8. Why is corn so important today?
Corn is very important nowadays because you can find many food and beverage ingredients from it.This is why there are many corn crops in the US.
9. How has animal’s food changed from the 50’s to today?
Farm animals those days were not fed with fattening food, which nowadays most foodproduction companies do.
10. What are the three most important elements in our food today?
* Vitamins
* Proteins
* Lipides
11. How are immigrants involved in the productionprocess?
Companies hire inmigrants from Mexico because they can pay them less than an avarage american would ask for.
12. What is Walmart’s attitude towards ‘organics’?
They only want to have thembecause it gives them a ‘good’ image.
13. Who produces the soybean seed?
Monsanto Company produces the soybean.
14. What does centralized power mean?
Centralized power means there is a...
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