The Future of Food

  On Wednesday this week in class we watched a documentary called The Future of Food. The documentary focused on the agri-business and how they manipulate the agriculture business and force the usage of genetically modified seeds/food. The documentary showed the perspectives of several farmers throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico and showed their experiences. The documentary also showed the process on how plants and seeds can be genetically modified. It also goes over the positive and negative aspects of pesticides and herbicides. Also, the documentary focuses on the monopoly on the agriculture business. The monopoly is controlled by a company called Monsanto that has brought up smaller companies. Monsanto has also brought lawsuits against farmers after making them use their products without the farmers knowledge. Last but not least the Future of Food shows how the EPA and big agriculture businesses are connected which shows that high ranking members in the EPA used to work for companies such as Monsanto which shows that they will not pass laws that will harm Monsanto or make them less successful. This relates to our SustAg class because it explains the facts about herbicides and pesticides and shows us why not to use them. It also shows us information about GMOs and why not to use them either. The video also shows the impact of agriculture and why we do it the way we do at the farm.

• John