Ok so I saw the movie yesterday with my husband. I think the main shockers for people who don't know much about the processing of meat are the sheer size of the slaughterhouses (there are now only 13 in the US), and how the meat which is now possibly infected with E.coli is rinsed in chlorine and in some cases ammonia hydroxide. Urrggh!
The movie spends a lot of time on the corn monopoly and subsidies of the US. As well as the fact that farmers are not allowed to collect and sow their own corn seed as most corn seed is owned by 1 corporation and thus collecting it from the crop in your field is actually a patentcy breech!
Overall it isn't revelationary for someone who already has an understanding and are say readers of "food nation", but it is great for viewers such as my husband who happily chomps through burgers, sausages and food products containing corn syrup and hydrogenated oils. Carls Jnr was off the menu for him at least for last night, and he has vowed to not eat processed meat any more...we'll see.
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