Food Documentaries

[Sachita]

Originally Posted by persiphone

bees will infect your plants by carrying gmo pollen around. since bees travel up to two miles or more there is no real way to know unless you test your stuff. this is also why there's no such thing as organic honey. and lots of gmo sites are secret, which is another huge problem.

Hopefully new regulations will be enforced at some point. Hopefully it won't be too late.

[persiphone]

Originally Posted by Sachita

Hopefully new regulations will be enforced at some point. Hopefully it won't be too late.

well bees are a whole other source of food related contention for me, with a whole slew of OTHER issues surrounding the world's bee hive populations and the honeys extracted from those hives both politically and ethically. regulations that are currently in place are openly defied regularly by other countries (like China) who dump toxic honey in our ports illegally. this stuff ends up in our processed foods....like Honey Nut Cheerios for example. never buy honey in a plastic bear. it's pretty certain to be mystery honey of unknown origins...likely China....full of chemicals and antibiotics that aren't even legal for use in the states.

and of course bees inadvertently compound the gmo problems in agriculture by spreading gmo DNA via pollen. then there's the whole hive collapse syndrome which no one seems to agree on what THAT problem is. clearly, it's a combination of a multitude of factors....a bee parasite, monoculture, pesticides, herbicides, hive applications of antibiotics, and i suspect....gmo pollens aren't helping.

[Greco]

There is a food revolution happening in America today. People are seeking out farmers' markets, organic produce and good restaurants. At the same time, our food supply is increasingly controlled by multi-national corporations.

Over the past 10 years, with the advent of genetic engineering and the massive expansion of pesticide companies, like Monsanto, into the seed business, the very nature of our food system has radically changed with potentially disastrous effects on our food security. Patenting of life is now permitted, no labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMO's) in food is required, research is conducted on these issues by universities beholden to the "agri-corps" who fund them, and the major regulatory agencies are run by former execs from these very companies.

All the while, the average citizens remain blissfully unaware that they are eating GMO food and supporting the aggressive "corporatization' of their food sources. In fascinating and accessible terms, 'The Future of Food' illuminates the major issues ultimately affecting us all -- some surreal, some futuristic, many frightening.

Yet, 'The Future of Food' is a hopeful film, featuring insightful and moving interviews with farmers, agriculture and business experts and policymakers. It sees a future in which an informed consumer can join the revolution by demanding natural, healthy food sources that insure environmental integrity.

more to come, Greco

[Greco]

What should every person know about the food they ingest.
The documentary "The Future of Food" changed the way we
think about food(and continues to do so) by answering this
very question.

But, just how has food actually changed? Do we need to
worry about genetically modified foods? What about
artificial foods? Learn all this more as Kurt Olson, host
of the Educational Forum, sits down with Deborah Garcia
the award winning creator of "The Future of Food."

Deborah Garcia, the filmmaker of "The Future of Food".

Greco

[Greco]

We are all connected.

Vandana Shiva is one of the world's most powerful voices for
global environmental justice and cultural and ecological diversity.

She is the founding director of the Research
Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology
in New Delhi. Vandana Shiva is also the author of
numerous books including Stolen Harvest:
The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply.
Series: "Walter H. Capps Center Series" [8/2004]

I had the honor of hearing this Lady speak in a meeting
of activists for anti-nuclear plants. She is beyond
eloquent.

There are strong women of Light in our midst.

Greco

[Greco]

http://truefoodnow.org/shoppers-guide/

[Greco]

http://truefoodnow.files.wordpress.c...pers-guide.pdf

TRUE FOOD
SHOPPER’S GUIDE
How to Avoid Foods Made
with Genetically Modified
Organisms [GMOs]

Print out this information, share it with all of your community.

This is one action we can all take.

Greco

[Sachita]

Originally Posted by greco

We are all connected.

Vandana Shiva is one of the world's most powerful voices for
global environmental justice and cultural and ecological diversity.

She is the founding director of the Research
Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology
in New Delhi. Vandana Shiva is also the author of
numerous books including Stolen Harvest:
The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply.
Series: "Walter H. Capps Center Series" [8/2004]

I had the honor of hearing this Lady speak in a meeting
of activists for anti-nuclear plants. She is beyond
eloquent.

There are strong women of Light in our midst.

Greco

I love her

[DapperButch]

In vitro meat


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1185128.html

[SugarFemme]

How funny...I've had this as my puter screen saver

Originally Posted by Sachita

I love her