At the Fork Grappling with the Morality of Farming Animals for Food
A timely and refreshingly unbiased look at how farm animals are raised for our consumption, "At the Fork" follows filmmaker and omnivore John Papola, together with his vegetarian wife Lisa, as they investigate our the way our agricultural system produces animal products for human consumption.
With unprecedented access to large-scale conventional farms, Papola asks the tough questions behind every hamburger, glass of milk and baby-back rib. What he discovers are not heartless industrialists, but America's farmers -- real people who, along with him, are grappling with the moral dimensions of farming animals for food.
"A beautiful, caring, sensitive and surprisingly non-judgmental look at how most animals are produced in the United States." - Mark Bittman
Running Time
96 mins
Year
2016
Kanopy ID
1518439
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Comments (4)
not hard to watch like Earthlings and Lucent, yet still informative. eating plant based is the best thing you can do for your health and animals, and second best for environment. not having biological children is the best
This was a very easy to watch and looks at animal treatment in the meat producing industry. It's not pushy at all on the "don't eat meat" it shows the many different ways meat is produced and those conditions and asks the question, do you support this way? or this way? or not at all?. It ...Read more
This was a very easy to watch and looks at animal treatment in the meat producing industry. It's not pushy at all on the "don't eat meat" it shows the many different ways meat is produced and those conditions and asks the question, do you support this way? or this way? or not at all?. It really comes down to, be informed and do your research on what you eat and where it comes from.
Easy to watch, lends its self for an easy family discussion.
Read lessInformative, and a bit difficult to watch at times because of the treatment of the animals at some of the farms. I like that the film did not force the viewer to think eating meat is evil, but instead demonstrated ethical alternatives.
The last scene of the pigs in the state fair brought me to tears. I could just imagine the sadness the kids left when having to part ways with the pigs.