What is the future of our food?

[govegan]

Posted previously in a related thread, but this topic is worthy of discussion.

"The Future of Food" is the title of a film produced and directed by Deborah Koons Garcia (Jerry Garcia's widow).

"This stylish film is not just for food faddists and nutritionists.
It is a look at something we might not want to see: Monsanto, Roundup and Roundup-resistant seeds, collectively wreaking havoc on American farmers and our agricultural neighbors around the world. In the end, this documentary is a eloquent call to action."

--- The Telluride Daily Planet

Link: http://www.thefutureoffood.com /

THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.

From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology. The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed by the introduction of genetically altered crops into our food supply.

Shot on location in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, THE FUTURE OF FOOD examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world's food system. The film also explores alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture, placing organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm crisis today.


The patenting of life forms is neo-fascist exploitation of humanity at a most vile and pernicious level. These ruthless bastards would require farmers to build sky-high walls to prevent the inevitable drift of their precious bastardized seed. These thugs and their much revered corporations are vicious and apparently consumed by a greed that knows no bounds.

In Chief Seattle's oft misquoted speech he asked something like "How can one sell the air?" It is obvious that heinous corporate structures and the corrupt governments of the world would love to stop at nothing less. Could you envision having your bank account debited everytime that you draw a breath? Or every time the wind blows across a farmer's field, the farmer becomes the thief?

The science behind these GMO products is as corrupt and perverted as the corporations that push it. They love to argue how their "products" are indistinguishable from the natural and traditionally developed life forms to prevent labeling and other regulations. At the very same time, they love to argue that their perversions are "unique" and therefore must be granted patents.

This is one of the most pressing issues of our day. And even when basic human dignity is being assaulted in many ways and forms.

In one of his poems written during his visit to New York, the great Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca wrote the following words:

Because we demand our daily bread,
alder in bloom and perennially harvested tenderness,
because we demand that Earth's will be done,
that its fruits be offered to everyone. -- Lorca (tr. Chris Maurer - i think)

From a political standpoint, there is no reason the GMO foods should not be labeled. Time and again surveys indicate the public's preference for it. And the monied interests of the ruling elite will do all that they can to prevent it.

Unfortunately, I cannot offer much discussion on this now, but I hope that others will find this interesting.

[Us vs Them]

1. Thank you!

I'd buy this film personally, but unfortunately all my money goes to pay for my organic, non GMO groceries.

I hope it's only a matter of time before people begin to make the connection that health is directly related to nutrition, and that a majority of our farms do more to hurt the land than to help it.

[Karenina]

2. Monsanto

is taking over the food supply in Iraq per *co appointment.