In Food, Inc, the main ideas are the overwhelming dominance that fast food industries have on the food aspect of the economy, and the image that food industries are trying to project to the public.
The movie offers deeper analysis on the negative aspects of fast food factories, throughout the entire movie, only the negative aspects of industries were shown from the way they treat the animals to the way they treat the workers. However, the book, "Fast Food Nation" shows both sides of the spectrum, not only are the way the corporations run their business shown, but also the success of the owners of McDonald's are shown also. The movie does offer more points of view from different people, than Fast Food Nation.
I feel almost scared, that the fast food industries that are so "Bad" and "unhealthy" for you are so powerful and dominate so much of the economy and the worlds meat distributors. I also find it very interesting that the government knows so much about the way that fast food industries treat their workers and animals, yet, just because of the power the industries have, the government chooses to act almost neutral in the matter.
A few questions that still remain for me, are; If the consumer chooses to eat healthy, organic and locally grown food, won't the fast food industry try to change to appeal to the consumers wants and needs? What would need to be done, if anything, to get the government to change the way fast food industries manage their workers and animals?
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