Food for Profit: the documentary on intensive livestock farming
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    Food for Profit: the documentary on intensive livestock farming

    Food for Profit is the first docufilm to investigate the relationship between the meat industry, politics and lobbies. Discover in this article the result of the five-year investigation conducted by Giulia Innocenzi, which exposes intensive livestock farms in Europe that receive European subsidies.

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    Food for Profit: an investigative documentary

    Food for Profit is the first documentary to show the thread that binds the meat industry, the lobbies and political power. At the centre are the billions of euros - exactly 397 - that Europe allocates to intensive livestock farms, which mistreat animals, pollute the environment and pose a danger to future pandemics. Food for Profit is the result of a investigation conducted over five years by journalist Giulia Innocenzi, who wrote and directed the docufilm together with Pablo D'Ambrosi. Food For Profit premiered on Thursday 22 February at the European Parliament in Brussels.

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    The reality of meat and cheese production

    On the website of the docufilm Food for Profit we read: "Giulia Innocenzi and Pablo D'Ambrosi take us on an enlightening and shocking journey around Europe, where they confront farmers, multinationals and politicians. With them a team of investigators who have worked undercover in the farms of major European countries, revealing the reality behind the excellence of meat and cheese production. In Brussels, a lobbyist managed to take a hidden camera with him to where decisions are made, gathering shocking information."

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    Intensive animal husbandry: a call for change

    The documentary Food for Profit denounces the intensive farms in Europe that receive European subsidies. Together with a team of international experts who worked undercover, the docufilm tackles the main problems linked to this type of industrial production: the water pollution, the exploitation of migrants, the loss of biodiversity and the risks of the use of antibiotics and the development of genetically modified organisms. It is not just an investigative docufilm that tells the reality: at the end of Food for Profit, a clear and direct appeal is shared, with the aim of putting an end to all this. In particular, it calls for a halt to public subsidies to intensive livestock farms, the constitution of town assemblies to decide how public resources should be spent, and a moratorium to stop the construction of new intensive livestock farms.

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    The dark side of European farms

    The documentary Food for Profit begins in the Polesine, on the Po delta, highlighting how intensive chicken farms have become increasingly widespread, bringing with them questionable animal management practices that are considered to be non-compliant with market standards. This reality is not isolated but extends to different parts of Europe, as demonstrated by examples in Germany, Poland and Spain, where the environmental impact of intensive farming and the living conditions of animals raise significant questions. The narrative goes on to show how, also in Italy, problematic practices are observed in the transport of animals to slaughterhouses, reflecting a broad system that also involves the exploitation of workers, in particular migrants without adequate labour protections.

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    The relationship between the meat industry and politics

    Food for Profit highlights the relationship between the meat industry and political power, highlighting the role of lobbyists in influencing political decisions in favour of meat producers. Among the personalities mentioned, MEP Paolo De Castro and Pekka Pesonen (Mr. ogm, Ed.) represent examples of how politics can intersect with the interests of the food industry. Food for Profit, through an investigative approach and a narrative linking different thematic strands, aims to provide an insight into how the lack of a clear legislative definition of intensive livestock farming in the EU can contribute to maintaining the status quo, inviting viewers to reflect on the current food system and its implications.

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