Between the first “Food, Inc.” and the sequel, a few things have changed. A pandemic tested the American food supply, formula shortages rocked the nation, and Pringles came out with a limited-edition “Baconator” flavor which was supposed to taste like a juicy Wendy’s cheeseburger.
That wasn’t the way director Robert Kenner thought it would go after seeing subscriber-focused “community-supported agriculture” and farmers markets explode after the first film’s release in 2008.
“All the healthy food options at the supermarket grew,” he said. “And we felt, perhaps naively, that we’d done our job.”
