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The Future of Food
2004 · Film · documentary · 88 min
Directed by Deborah Koons
Before compiling your next grocery list, you might want to watch filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia's eye-opening documentary, which sheds light on a shadowy relationship between agriculture, big business and government. By examining the effects of biotechnology on the nation's smallest farmers, the film reveals the unappetizing truth about genetically modified foods: You could unknowingly be serving them for dinner.
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I remember seeing a documentary film about this. I think it was called, "The Future of Food" and it documented pretty well Monsanto's MO to go after farmers who aren't using their seeds. Farmer's who don't use their seeds are sued for patent infringement if a neighbors seeds blow onto their land and they find out about it.
Monsanto is a modern day Mafia cartel, it's insane.
I got my information from the documentaries "The Future of Food" and "Food, Inc" both of which have an obvious bias. I'm having trouble tracking down any other citations at the moment.
Here is a [again, biased] citation about Monsanto suing people for saving seeds, allegedly going so far as to forge documents: http://nelsonfarm.net/issue.htm
Some Good documentary films about food...
http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food
http://www.foodincmovie.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Corn_%28film%29
(You can rent the last two on iTunes)
Hardly. Part of the Green revolution was the heavy use of chemical pesticides which is horrible for the environment.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food?c=News-and-Information/Documentary-and-Biography