"Food, Inc." Arrives on DVD

The controversial exposé film, Food, Inc., has just arrived on DVD and Blu-ray Disc™ from Magnolia Home Entertainment. The documentary from Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Robert Kenner (The American Experience) investigates the nation’s food industry and corporate ‘factory farms,’ which, the film claims, churn out genetically modified produce and meat from diseased animals, detrimentally impacting the lives of millions.

Interviews in the film include Stonyfield Farm’s Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms’ Joel Salatin in addition to investigative authors Eric Schlosser (“Fast Food Nation”) and Michael Pollan, (“The Omnivore’s Dilemma”).

Obesity and diabetes epidemics are explored

Food, Inc. also addresses the nationwide epidemics of obesity and diabetes, which have drastically escalated over recent decades as a result of the lack of proper nutrition, which the film maintains is due to the consumption of poor quality food.

Participant Media partnered with 20 non-profit and social sector organizations to bring awareness to the film and the issues it addresses through a substantial cause marketing and social action campaign. The partnerships with groups including the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention will continue beyond the DVD’s release.

Celebrities Kelly Preston, Alyssa Milano and Martin Sheen, among others, created public service announcements on the issue; the PSA’s are included as extras on the DVD. Additional bonus features include deleted scenes – 40 minutes of footage/segments not shown in theatres, “Nightline’s” interview with Chipotle’s CEO and more.

Special Features
• Deleted Scenes
• Celebrity Public Service Announcements
• Resources
• ABC News Nightline “You Are What You Eat”: Food With Integrity
• “The Amazing Food Detective” and “Snacktown Smackdown”: Stay Active and Eat Health

This may be one film better suited for watching at home, rather than in a theatre while scarfing down butter-drenched popcorn, a 44-ounce soda, and giant box of chocolate-covered raisins. So if you avoided seeing Food, Inc. at the cineplex for this reason—or perhaps you just didn’t want to hear that the foods you love may not be exactly what you thought they were—now’s your chance to see it and judge it for yourself in the comfort of your living room.