Entry #7: Fresh

 

When I watched Fresh, a Ripple Effect production, I felt like someone had finally pulled back the curtain on a food system most Americans never think twice about. The film shows us the truth about how our food is produced, and that truth is unsettling enough on its own. It is aimed at consumers, anyone who wants to be aware of what they are putting in their bodies. 

The tone is sympathetic to the farmers who want to grow food that is not full of pesticides or antibiotics. As a viewer, it makes me want to seek out local farmers and butcher shops that sell organic foods. The processed foods we buy in the grocery stores are not good for us to consume and lead to disease, so Big Pharma can sell you the "cure".

This film made me think of how much the big companies running our food supply do not care about consumer health, but about how much profit they can make. It makes me want to stop shopping at the big chain stores for food and buy more local foods from farmers' markets or a local butcher shop. 

I really liked the film and feel more people need to see this and know exactly what these industries are doing to our food and have no regard for consumer health. 

It is better as Americans to know what is going on concerning what food we eat, because the food we eat is linked to disease in our bodies. These food companies know what they are feeding animals or spraying on our food supply; that it is not healthy for us to consume, but they continue to do it, from food to medications to spraying our atmosphere with chemicals that get into our soil and have a detrimental effect on humans. 

As consumers, we need to make better food choices and advocate for better food controls. We should not sacrifice quality for convenience. 




Reference:

Ripple Effect Productions. Fresh. Directed by Ana Sofia Joanes, Ripple Effect Productions, 2009.


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