The Future of Food

The Future of Food (2004)

88 min★ 7.7 · 1,452 votes

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.

Release date
May 30, 2004
Country of origin
United States
Music
Todd Boekelheide

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Cast

  • Charles Benbrook as Self - Former Director, Board on Agriculture National Academy of Science
  • Ignacio Chapela as Self - Microbal Ecologist, University of California Berkeley
  • Exequiel Ezcurra as Self - Director, National Institute of Ecology, Mexico
  • Louise Gale as Self - Greenpeace International
  • Dave Henson as Self - Founder, Program on Corporation, Law and Democracy
  • Andrew Kimbrell as Self - Executive Director, Center for Food Safety
  • Fred Kirschenmann as Self - Farmer and Director of The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
  • Marc Loiselle as Self - Farmer, Saskatchewan, Canada

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