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Beef Inc.

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A struggle for control of the world food market is waging, and the battle promises to escalate in the 21st century. Beef Inc. examines how a handful of companies have come to dominate beef production and distribution in North America. As traditional farming falls victim to agri-business, small producers and consumers are paying the price. What has been a way of life for generations is now solely a money-making venture for big business. In the beef industry, a strategy of "intense livestock production" has been implemented to boost profit margins. Cattle are housed and fattened in overcrowded feed lots, a situation which exposes them to disease. To combat this, the animals are systematically vaccinated, given antibiotics and pumped with growth hormones. No regard is given to the potential health risks to consumers or the quality of the end product. This film gives a voice to the independent cattle producer who, unable to compete with the corporations, find themselves being squeezed out of the industry. In French with English subtitles.

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Agency - French program:.Documentary Studio / Montreal (Society and Science).

Credit Note

Research, Germán Gutiérrez ; script, Germán Gutiérrez, Carmen Garcia ; research, Carmen Garcia ; cinematographer, Germán Gutiérrez, Martin Leclerc ; sound, André Dussault, Marcel Fraser, André Boisvert, Richard Lavoie, Daniel Guilbeault ; picture editing, Michel Grou ; sound design, Lusse Cloutier ; music, Bourbon Gautier ; foley, Geoffrey Mitchell ; music recording, Geoffrey Mitchell ; foley, Patrick Viegas ; music recording, Patrick Viegas ; foley, Monique Vézina ; re-recording, Serge Boivin, Jean Paul Vialard ; direction, Carmen Garcia ; producer, Éric Michel.

Performer Note

Narration, Luis de Cespedes ; voice, A.J. Henderson, Theoharis Standjofski, Frank Fontaine, Geoffrey Mitchell ; voice, Patrick Viegas ; participation, Jean-Jacques Élie.

Time of Event Note

Recorded 1999.

Summary

A struggle for control of the world food market is waging, and the battle promises to escalate in the 21st century. Beef Inc. examines how a handful of companies have come to dominate beef production and distribution in North America. As traditional farming falls victim to agri-business, small producers and consumers are paying the price. What has been a way of life for generations is now solely a money-making venture for big business. In the beef industry, a strategy of "intense livestock production" has been implemented to boost profit margins. Cattle are housed and fattened in overcrowded feed lots, a situation which exposes them to disease. To combat this, the animals are systematically vaccinated, given antibiotics and pumped with growth hormones. No regard is given to the potential health risks to consumers or the quality of the end product. This film gives a voice to the independent cattle producer who, unable to compete with the corporations, find themselves being squeezed out of the industry. In French with English subtitles.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Awards Note

Bronze Plaque Award - Category: Social Issues, 2000

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Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).