- published: 29 Apr 2016
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The food industry is a complex, global collective of diverse businesses that together supply much of the food energy consumed by the world population. Only subsistence farmers, those who survive on what they grow, can be considered outside of the scope of the modern food industry.
The food industry includes:
It is challenging to find an inclusive way to cover all aspects of food production and sale. The Food Standards Agency, a government body in the UK, describes it thus:
The Economic Research Service of the USDA uses the term food system to describe the same thing:
Processed food sales worldwide are approximately US$3.2 trillion (2004).[citation needed]
In the U.S., consumers spend approximately US$1 trillion annually on food, or nearly 10 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Over 16.5 million people are employed in the food industry.
In the United Kingdom, the food industry is extensive. It employs well over half a million people and has a turnover in excess of £70bn. It is the largest manufacturing sector in the UK and represents around 15% of the total manufacturing sector in the UK. Around 13% of the people working in manufacturing in the UK work in the food and drink industry.
Actors: Russell Hess (producer), Walter Willett (actor), David Burton (actor), David Burton (writer), David Burton (director), David Burton (editor), J. Thomas Wenzel III (editor), Valentí Fuster (actor), Jake Williams (editor), J. Thomas Wenzel III (writer), J. Thomas Wenzel III (producer), Matt Hughes (actor), Jake Williams (producer), Jake Williams (miscellaneous crew), Matt Hughes (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: In the documentary 'inGREEDients', registered nurse and filmmaker David Burton, discovers an alarming connection between diet and illness while investigating trans fats and hydrogenated oils in America's food supply. Do you know what a partially hydrogenated oil is? What does zero grams of trans fat per serving really mean? Find out in this compelling documentary that takes the audience on a time-line journey through the history of human food consumption from prehistoric times to the present, when heart disease is the number one killer of humans and despite recent changes in food labeling laws, pounds of trans fats are consumed everyday. This documentary features interviews with medical doctors, natural health doctors, scientists and researchers, politicians, journalists, and the lawyer that successfully stood up against two corporate food giants whose products are household names across America. The film also includes a brief look at heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, the three diseases most directly connected with our consumption of trans fats, chemical food additives, and processed food. With cutting edge animations rarely achieved in independent filmmaking, 'inGREEDients' will entertain, inspire, and educate all audiences of all ages.
Keywords: healthy, independent-filmmaking