Entry #5 Fresh

I never really took the time to think about what was in the food I eat or where it came from. I knew it wasn't good for me and I knew I was eating animals, but I never knew the process these animals went through or what these animals were being fed. After watching the film Fresh I was disturbed, to say the least with that process. The way the animals were being treated was just sad and at times hard to watch. They would cut the beaks off the chickens and the tails off of the pigs. 

The film is trying to get farmers to shift to a new model of productivity in food for the future. They want people to stop feeding animals stuff they shouldn't be eating in the first place and start to feed them what they should be eating. 

It's more convient for people today to just go through the drive-thru and get a hamburger. They're always in a rush or they're tired from a long day at work and don't feel like cooking. Also, it's cheap. When people continue to constantly eat out this can lead to diabetes and obesity because of stuff that is in our foods should not be there. 

For this reason, I personally think that even after watching this film or after knowing what is in your food it won't matter because people will still eat fast foods and continue to buy food that is cheap for them simply because of how convenient it is. It is sad but it is true. 

 People are so used to eating unhealthy food and they're so used to that lifestyle I don't think it fazes them that they know what's in their food. It's a bad habit and they need to break it. 

We should care about what's in food because we should want to live longer and healthier lives. We shouldn't get diseases from the food we eat. But again, people don't like change and I don't think they will change they're eating habits.

Overall, this was a great film. It really made me open my eyes to these big food industries and make me think about what is actually in my food.