Entry #7 Fresh

There are many controversial topics going on right now. Some are more important than others but one that isn’t getting the national attention that it should is the industrialized food industry here in America. The documentary “Fresh” tries to show their viewers exactly what is happening in this industry right now and how little the public people really know about it. The tone throughout is mostly serious and sometimes hopeful when talking about potential solutions to this major issue.

They interview with several local small farmers and talk about what they do differently at their farms compared to these massive factory farms when it comes to caring for animals, rotating crops, and not using pesticides on the produce. Some of the farmers talk about how much harder it is nowadays to compete with these massive operations and how some of them are just struggling to make it by while their competition is blowing right by them, even with a lower quality product. They also state facts about some of the health issues that can be linked to eating these highly processed foods these farms produce ingredients for.

This documentary made me personally change my thinking about what I eat and where and who was affected by me eating it. I have always been pretty good about eating healthy and not eating a lot of processed food, but even the produce we get from the supermarket can still be bad for us with all the “human safe” pesticides on them. This documentary showed the viewers the value of eating organic and cruelty-free items are to the consumers, farmer, and how it can stop these untrustworthy farms and their practice.