Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread is a 2005 documentary film directed, co-produced, and with cinematography by Nikolaus Geyrhalter. The script was co-written by Wolfgang Widerhofer and Nikolaus Geyrhalter. The film depicts how modern food production companies employ technology to produce food on large scales. It consists mainly of actual working situations without voice-over narration or interviews as the director tries to let viewers form their own opinion on the subject. The names of the companies where the footage was filmed are purposely not shown. The director's goal is to provide a realistic view on the internal workings of multiple food production companies in our modern society. Foods transformations Different processes in agriculture and food processing plants are shown in the film. Since scenes are mixed, food transformations are listed below with no particular order. Semen to pigs Pigs to meat Semen to cows Cows to meat Cows to milk Eggs to chickens Chickens to eggs Chickens to meat Fish Crops and field harvests (misc) Tomatoes in rock wool Salads night harvest Peppers Cucumbers Apples Olives harvest Salt from mines Places and companies The names of the companies where the footage was filmed are provided on the official site in the booklet pdf. They are listed below for convenience and to help further investigation: Danish Crown (pork, beef) company site Europe Tasty Tom (tomatoes) company site places Netherlands (sample Sat view) Geflügelhof Latschenberger GmbH (eggs) Biberbach, Austria Pro Ovo (eggs) company site Biberbach, Austria Radatz Fleischwaren (pork) company site Vienna, Austria Marché Couvert de Ciney (beef), Ciney, Belgium Abattoir et Marché de Bastogne (meat), company siteBastogne,Belgium Belgian Blue Group s.c.r.l (bulls) company site, Belgium Zaklady Drobiarskie ‘Kozieglowy’ Sp.zo.o (chickens), company site Kozieglowy, Poland Nutreco, Skretting, Marine Harvest, Norway, Marine Harvest processing plant Ryfisk at Hjelmeland (fish) company site Hjelmeland, Norway Vitana (pre-cooked foods), company site, Czech Republic Solofino (sprinkles) company site, Austria esco European salt company GmbH & Co. KG (rock salt) company site, Germany Agrargenossenschaft Cobbelsdorf eG (cereals), Cobbelsdorf Germany Kalbescher Werder Agrar GmbH (milk), Brunau Germany Quality Sprout Kerkdriel (sprouts), Kerkdriel Netherlands Löhle Thomas Obstbau (fruits), Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany Salemfrucht GmbH (apples), Germany Árpád - Agrár Rt.