Food, Inc. Quotes

Food, Inc. is a television program that debuted in 1970 . Food, Inc. completed its run in 1970.

It features Robert Kenner, and Elise Pearlstein as producer.

Food, Inc. is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Food, Inc. is 94 minutes long. Food, Inc. is distributed by Magnolia Pictures.

Food, Inc. Quotes

• (Eric Schlosser) "These companies have legions of attorneys. And they may sue, even if they know they can't win, just to send a message."

• (Unnamed) "In 1972, the FDA conducted approximately 50,000 food safety inspections. In 2006, the FDA conducted 9,164."

• (Unnamed) "The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000."

• (Joel Salatin) "Even if you don't eat at a fast food restaurant, you're now eating food that's produced by this system."

• (Michael Pollan) "There are no seasons in the American supermarket. Now there are tomatoes all year round, grown halfway around the world, picked when it was green, and ripened with ethylene gas. Although it looks like a tomato, it's kind of a notional tomato. I mean, it's the idea of a tomato."

• (Troy Roush - Vice President, American Corn Growers Association) "You have to understand that we farmers -- we're gonna deliver to the marketplace what the marketplace demands. If you wanna buy $2 milk, you're going to get a factoryfarm in your backyard. It's that simple. People have got to start demanding good, wholesome food of us, and we'll deliver; I promise you. We're very ingenious people, we will deliver."

• (Joel Salatin) "I think it's one of the most important battles for consumers to fight: the right to know what's in their food, and how it was grown."

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