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Entry #7: Is Food Fresh?

     Food. It's something everyone is familiar with. Ever since you were a child food was a big portion of your life. Whether you had basketball practice that ran late and you had McDonalds for dinner or at Thanksgiving, food is a central point in every person's life. It can be used as motivation to work hard or it could be used to be destructive. But do we really think about where our food comes from? I am guilty of just grabbing the first bunch of chicken breasts I see when I walk by the poultry without doing any research on the farm it came from. After watching the film Fresh, I have now been encouraged to rethink that habit.

The content in the film Fresh were both shocking and optimistic. In the film, I heard about many practices that were brutal and scary such as feeding cows their own dead species to fatten them up. This also applied to the eating habits of chicken too and how farmers would often cover these carcases with enough sugar to get the animals to eat it. The creators of Fresh wanted the average, everyday, person to watch the movie so that the viewer would be aware of what they were consuming. The tone in the beginning of the film was pessimistic, dark, and brooding. It talked of disturbing events and practices. But, towards the end of the film, it was uplifting, showing the practices of farmers who decided to compete against the norm and have successful, beautiful farms. The film at first made me very upset, guilty almost about my bad, ignorant practices. But at the end, all hope was not lost and I was able to see how I could change not only my eating habits, but my buying habits as well. 

I thought the film was entertaining. At first I was skeptical as I had previously watched many health related films in my previous classes and I thought it would be very formulaic. I was pleasantly surprised as I thought it broke the norm of health films. I believe the film should be shown to almost everyone as I think it would encourage worldwide change. If you haven't watched the film yet, what are you waiting for? Go watch it now!



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  1. Connor WilliamsNovember 22, 2020 at 8:49 PM

    Thank you for the information provided as someone who believes in eating healthy I feel like you really dd well with grasping an understanding of the film.

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  2. Alyssa OslundNovember 29, 2020 at 12:34 PM

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  3. Alyssa OslundNovember 29, 2020 at 12:34 PM

    I also think that the movie was cool to watch. I learned many things I didn't know about food and really didn't realize that it revolves around us.

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