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Synopsis

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of e coli -- the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually.

We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.

Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farms' Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joe Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising -- and often shocking truths -- about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

Cast

Eric Schlosser		Himself
Richard Lobb		Himself
Vince Edwards		Himself
Michael Pollan		Himself
Troy Roush		Himself
Larry Johnson		Himself
Allen Trenkle		Himself
Patricia Buck		Herself
Barbara Kowalyck		Herself
Diana DeGette		Herself
Phil English		Himself
Eldon Roth		Himself
Rosa Soto		Herself
Joel Salatin		Himself
Eduardo Peña		Himself
Gary Hirshberg		Himself
Moe Parr		Himself
David Runyon		Himself
Stephen R. Pennell		Himself
William P. Kealey		Himself

External Links

Food, Inc.	Official web site
ComingSoon.net	Movie trailers, release date news

Weekend Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
6/12/2009	36		$60,513		3	$20,171	$60,513	3
6/19/2009	17		$288,194	+376.25%	51	$5,651	$385,920	10
6/26/2009	21		$291,444	+1.13%	75	$3,886	$834,848	17
7/3/2009	24		$251,684	-13.64%	83	$3,032	$1,286,693	24
7/10/2009	24		$251,114	-0.23%	81	$3,100	$1,708,941	31
7/17/2009	23		$297,882	+18.62%	112	$2,660	$2,225,447	38
7/24/2009	23		$291,006	-2.31%	135	$2,156	$2,720,125	45
7/31/2009	24		$289,888	-0.38%	155	$1,870	$3,203,742	52
8/7/2009	32		$161,884	-44.16%	124	$1,306	$3,566,803	59
8/14/2009	36		$107,698	-33.47%	110	$979	$3,806,061	66
8/21/2009	37		$84,774	-21.29%	90	$942	$3,977,797	73
8/28/2009	42		$66,774	-21.23%	72	$927	$4,098,279	80
9/4/2009	50		$38,602	-42.19%	53	$728	$4,174,118	87
9/11/2009	51		$33,292	-13.76%	55	$605	$4,238,694	94
9/18/2009	56		$22,134	-33.52%	43	$515	$4,388,938	101
9/25/2009	60		$24,335	+9.94%	34	$716	$4,330,801	108
10/2/2009	73		$11,091	-54.42%	27	$411	$4,361,985	115
10/9/2009	82		$6,116	-44.86%	16	$382	$4,386,822	122
10/16/2009	84		$6,222	+1.73%	11	$566	$4,399,130	129
10/23/2009	84		$5,609	-9.85%	15	$374	$4,406,618	136
10/30/2009	117		$444	-92.08%	2	$222	$4,410,116	143

Daily Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
9/7/2009	47		$12,444		53	$235	$4,186,562	88

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