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Food, Inc.

Year:

2010

Duration:

USA:94 min | Argentina:94 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Genres:

Documentary

IMDB rate:

7.9

Director:

Robert Kenner

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 17 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2010-04-21

Filming Locations: Kentucky, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $60,513 (USA) (14 June 2009)

Gross: $4,414,034 (USA) (15 November 2009)

Cast

Actor

Character

Eric Schlosser

Himself - Author, 'Fast Food Nation'

Richard Lobb

Himself - National Chicken Council

Vince Edwards

Himself - Tyson Grower

Carole Morison

Herself - Perdue Grower

Michael Pollan

Himself - Author, 'The Omnivore's Dilemma'

Troy Roush

Himself - Vice President, American Corn Growers Association

Larry Johnson

Himself - Center for Crops Utilization Research, Iowa State University

Allen Trenkle

Himself - Ruminant Nutrition Expert, Iowa State University

Barbara Kowalcyk

Herself - Food Safety Advocate

Patricia Buck

Herself - Food Safety Advocate, Barbara's Mom

Diana DeGette

Herself - Representative, Colorado

Phil English

Himself - Representative - Pennsylvania, Co-Sponsor of Kevin's Law

Eldon Roth

Himself - Founder of BPI

Maria Andrea Gonzalez

Herself - Mother

Rosa Soto

Herself - California Center for Public Health Advocacy

Joel Salatin

Himself - Polyface Farms Owner

Eduardo Peña

Himself - Union Organizer

Gary Hirshberg

Himself - CEO, Stonyfield Farm (also archive footage)

Amanda Ellis-Thurber

Herself - Organic Farmer

Tony Airoso

Himself - Wal-Mart's Chief Dairy Purchaser

Moe Parr

Himself - Seed Cleaner

David Runyon

Himself - Farmer

Stephen R. Pennell

Himself - Moe's Lawyer

William P. Kealey

Himself

Tom Brokaw

Himself (archive footage)

Maurice McDonald

Himself (archive footage)

Richard McDonald

Himself (archive footage)

Dan Rather

Himself (archive footage)

Theodore Roosevelt

Himself (archive footage)

Oprah Winfrey

Herself (archive footage)

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Trivia

Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan and director Robert Kenner are vegetarians, despite the film's spotlight on meat cultivation and processing in the United States.

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Quotes

Narrator: The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000. 5 of 5 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Title card: SB-63 passed the State Legislature. But Governor Schwarzenegger then vetoed it. Eric Schlosser: These companies fight, tooth and nail, against labeling. The fast food industry fought against giving you the calorie information. They fought against telling you if there is trans-fat in your food. The meat packing idustry for years prevented country-of-origin labeling. They fought not to label genetically modified foods; and now 70% of processed food in the supermarket has some genetically modified ingredient.

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Joel Salatin: Even if you don't eat at a fast food restaurant, you're now eating food that's produced by this system.

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Eric Schlosser: These companies have legions of attorneys. And they may sue, even if they know they can't win, just to send a message.

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