SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain An excellent companion piece to the widely recognised Food, Inc. The Future of Food focuses more on the scientific breakthroughs of the last 20 years. It shows how the genetically modified seeds have crossed with those that are harvested by farmers that wish to have no part in this corporate game. These farmers are not to be sued for having patented crops they never wanted in the first place. It's a rich and complex issue, as the dream of cheap and healthy food for all has evolved into a sickening game of chase the cash. Yet another damning of the capitalist nature of America, it preaches for a more simplified world or organic farming. Heavy on the science and low on the sentiment, this is an educational documentary that opens the eyes.

bandarmae This documentary is an essential crash-course on GMOs. It's an honest, accurate exploration of how GMOs are threatening the world's healthy food supply. You also learn everything you need to know about Monsanto's plot to control all our food and witness the death-squeeze the company is putting on American farmers--especially farmers who are remarkably courageous to stand up to this cold-blooded corporation. What Monsanto is doing to farmers is just criminal. Boycott Monsanto products.Deborah Koons Garcia, the widow of Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia, directed this film. You can even view it for free at http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food .

jfett85 Not since "Fahrenheit 9/11" and "Celsius 41.11" have I seen a documentary so biased. A big fan of documentary, I recognize that it is nearly impossible to create a film that doesn't lean towards one side of the subject. However, it is possible to let both sides have their say and allow the viewer to make up their own mind. "The Future of Food" plays more like propaganda against corporations and government than it serves as an informative piece on genetically modified (GM) food.The good questions "Food" does raise are in conjunction with current patent and anti-trust laws. Sadly, the film attempts to construe these points as arguments against GM good and fails to see the true potential of the information.When "Food" does bother to offer scientific support, it misrepresents and ignores. The film peddles fear by "revealing" that bacteria and viruses are used during the genetic modification process. Though technically true, "Food" fails to provide the important detail that only an enzyme from bacteria is used, not bacterial organisms or even bacterial DNA. There is also much ignorance by the filmmakers in their failure to acknowledge the extreme similarity in processes of genetic modification to natural evolution.I am not a universal supporter of GM food, especially as it is applied in cases the film does choose to show us. However, there are many advantages to it and at least as many cases supporting its value - all which "The Future of Food" keeps off-camera.Near the end of "The Future of Food", a farmer says that the only way to change the food industry is for the consumer to be educated and decide. It's my understanding that to be educated, you have to have ALL the facts.

jim6263 SOON -- and that they comments, seeing as there are only ~5! Very Interesting that even though Amazon.com sells it, IMDb has no hyper-link for/to it (up in the right-hand corner of its title page there) like they do virtually all other films (and/or the/an official website link!! What the hell's w/ that?? Anyway, Y'all can also get this most-excellent DVD at peaceproject.com , I'm quite sure. It's really disturbing -- also re: so many other fine film documentaries -- that so few people have seen and are (apparently) unaware of its existence! If people don't get their act together, we're REALLY in a LOT of trouble, Y'all -- and i don't mean only re: food/s!!