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About 70% of the food we eat contains genetically engineered ingredients and the biotech industry is spending million a year to convince us that this technology is our only hope. Using hilarious and disturbing archival footage and featuring interviews with farmers, scientists, government officials and activists, FED UP! presents an entertaining and compelling overview of our current food production system from the Green Revolution to the Biotech Revolution and what we can do about it.
FED UP! answers many questions regarding genetic engineering, the Green Revolution, genetic pollution and modern pesticides through interviews with Marc Lappé and Britt Bailey from the Center for Ethics and Toxics, Peter Rosset and Anuradha Mittal from Food First, Vandana Shiva from the Research Center for Science, Technology and Ecology, Ignacio Chapela from UC Berkeley's Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Martina McGloughlin, Director of UC Davis' Biotechnology Program and many others. It also introduces us to local Bay Area organic farmers from Purisima Greens Farm and the Live Power Community Farm, presenting community supported agriculture(CSA) and small- scale organic farming as real
alternatives to agribusiness and industrial food.
Further Information:
The DVD includes English subtitles, closed captions, a chapter menu and
three archival films in their entirety. The archival films are "Chicken of
Tomorrow","Death to Weeds" and "Man and His Culture".
| Catalog Number: MC-329 |
Type: Feature |
Genre: Political / Social |
| Copyright: 2002 |
Length: 58 minutes |
Format:
DVD Region: 0 (All) |
| TV System: NTSC |
ISBN: |
UPC/EAN: 880198032997 |
| Label: Wholesome Goodness Productions |
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Notes: Closed Captioned
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2009-10-08 All Movie Guide
By Jason Buchanan
As family farmers across the country slowly disappear and millions of impoverished citizens go to bed starving at the end of each day, the promise that genetic engineering of food will abolish famine grows increasingly frustrating to those who note that advancements made by the biotechnology industry have done little to feed the hungry masses. Though seventy-percent of the food consumed in the United States contains genetically engineered ingredients not listed on the label and the biotechnology industry spends an annual sum of million to convince the population that this is the only way to truly solve world hunger, the continuing proliferation of famine shows an inherent flaw in the supposedly foolproof system. Now, an educated collection of scientists, farmers, outspoken activists, and government officials gather to present a series of frequently humorous but always informative facts about the genetic modification of food, and educate viewers as to what steps they can take to ensure the safety of the products they consume.
| 2006-10-19 SF Bay Guardian
FED UP! shows why- and how- small producers and everyday consumers should take back control of their food
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