The makers of the influential 2008 documentary 'Food, Inc.' have released a sequel, 'Food, Inc. 2', addressing the broken and unsustainable food system led by multinational corporations. The filmmakers discuss the impact of the pandemic on the food system and the need for collective action.
by Jocelyn Noveck | Associated PressThis image released by Magnolia Pictures shows a scene from the documentary “ Food , Inc. 2”
Also, the filmmakers suggest, it was perhaps naive to assume that informed, ethical shoppers could alone reverse such an entrenched narrative. “You can change the world with every bite,” the first film had argued, urging consumers to buy local and organic, patronize farmer’s markets, demand healthy school lunches and most of all, read labels and understand what they’re eating.
A lot has happened since 2008. More people are interested in what they’re eating and where it’s from. Farmer’s markets are everywhere, and supermarkets carry organic and GMO-free food, because consumers want it. In Immokalee, Florida, lifelong farmworker Gerardo Reyes Chavez explains how immigrant workers — mostly Latino and Haitians — are both relied upon and mistreated. “The industry wants immigrant workers because they feel they can take advantage of us,” he says. If we’re eating fruits and vegetables, Schlosser and Pollan tell us, we’re part of a chain of exploitation.
Marion Nestle, biologist and nutritionist at New York University, looks back a few decades and marvels at how food has has become something available anytime, anywhere: “You go into a clothing store and there are candy bars at the checkout counter.” She especially marvels at the escalating portion size over the years, a thought illustrated by a stack of pancakes that keeps on growing.
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