In the documentary Food Inc. we get a glimpse into the secrets and horrors of the food industry. Director Robert Kenner says most Americans have no idea where their food comes from or what happens to it before it is put into their bodies. For him, this is a major problem and a great danger for society as a whole. One of the conclusions of this documentary is that we should not blindly trust food companies, and that we should ultimately care more about what we eat and give to our children. Through his investigations, he hopes to lift the veil on the hidden world of food. One of the issues the documentary highlights is the mistreatment of animals and workers by food companies, to reveal how companies hide the dark side of the food world. the public. In many cases, we see animals being treated cruelly. The workers care little about the lives of the animals since they will die anyway. Chickens are grabbed and thrown into truck beds like objects, regulation chicken beatings allow no light for the chickens' entire lives, and cows are pushed with forklifts to be taken to the slaughterhouse. Many chickens are even bred to have breasts so large that their bones and organs cannot support their bodies. These chickens can't walk and they even breathe in pain in front of the cameras. The film clearly uses the wrong and unacceptable principle of appealing to emotion in this case, because the viewer is supposed to feel pity at the sight of the mistreated animals. This supports their conclusion, because many Americans imagine their food comes from a happy country farm and would be horrified to know the truth. Workers are also mistreated. They are underpaid even though the meat industry is one of the... middle of paper ... the flesh is then ground into a pasty material, which is cleaned with the previously mentioned ammonia to rid it of E.coli. The meat filler product is purchased by many fast food restaurants, such as McDonald's. The head of Beef Products predicts that his product will be present in 100% of hamburgers within five years. A counterargument to the conclusion that we should not trust or buy from our food industries might be the obvious reason why food is cheaper than ever. . When times are tough in America, we can always count on our fast food restaurants' cheap prices and dollar menus. However, these cheap prices come at a high cost. The reason meat or grains, for example, are so cheap is because the market is subsidized. While this may be beneficial to consumers, it is actually incredibly detrimental to local farmers. Artificially lower prices