8 Documentaries Which Will Change The Way You See The World

2. Food Inc.

"You are what you eat" - or so the saying goes. The trouble is, often we know very little about what goes into our food and how it is produced for us €“ the path it takes from farm to packaging on the supermarket shelves is shrouded in secrecy. Watching Food Inc. and you begin to understand why the major food producing corporations are reluctant to allow camera crews into their abattoirs and onto the kill floor. Exploring the nature of corporate farming in America, Robert Kenner's documentary is an eye-opening insight into the process of food production on an industrial scale, concluding that not only is it entirely unethical but also unsustainable in the long term. The powerful message of Food Inc. is one that may cause you to rethink the way in which you consume food €“ in an age of processed meats and GMO farming, eating healthily can be more of a challenge than we might think. And the fact that all the major corporations invited to provide a rebuttal to the evidence provided declined the invitation speaks volumes about the accuracy of their findings.