Tainted Food

I use to think of myself as a very healthy eater because of where I'm from and how i was brought up, but since i saw the movie FOOD INC, my perception of what i eat have change. I always thought the meat, chicken etc that we eat were from healthy animals that were being taken care of properly especially since these food companies always advertise that their products are the best. I never knew that these animals were being treated so terrible, like cows standing in ankle deep manure all day long to be Slater, which can make the meat become tainted and cause ecoli. Chickens are given antibiotics to grow fast and become overweight that their organs are undeveloped .Chickens are grown in 49days and never see sun light. It's a shame that most of us don't know what we're eating and how these four big companies controls and manipulate the food industry all because of a profit. In my neighbourhood of east new york where most of the people are minority and low income, they are more fast food stores like Burger King, McDonald and White Castle then supermarkets and groceries stores, you might be lucky to find organic food on store shelve.People in my neighbourhood could relate to the family in the movie who could buy hamburgers for $99cents but can't buy broccoli for that price, because they have to choose between eating or buying medication. The same way the big fast food stores controls the fast food it's the same way these big companies control what we eat, that is why in minority and low income neighbourhood like mine, there are more people with diabetes and other sicknesses than in the suburbs. It's sad that the government and elected official know that all this is going on and does nothing about it. How can these official be on the food companies payroll and represent the public at the same time? Because they all are benefiting from this. I think it's time the public put a stop to this practice by educating them self and others. It's time we reconnect our self with what we eat by letting these companies know that we know what they are doing and we're not buying their products.