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The Future of Food

Documentary - 2004
The Future of Food
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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.
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Deborah Koons

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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
88 min
Release date:
30 May 2004
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
The Future of Food carries an important warning that deserves heed. The problem is it will likely be preaching only to a duly incensed choir, which is its greatest pity.
– Ted Fry,
Seattle Times,
23 Nov 2005
rotten:
Garcia subscribes to the simplistic and patronizing theories that consumers are hapless victims, force-fed things they don't want by conniving corporations and conspiratorial governments.
– Michael Booth,
Denver Post,
21 Oct 2005
fresh:
Until it gives in to its activist urges, The Future of Food is a tenacious work of journalism.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
21 Oct 2005
fresh:
Garcia, the widow of Grateful Dead star Jerry Garcia, has taken a complex subject and made it digestible for anyone who cares about what they put into their stomachs.
– Jonathan Curiel,
San Francisco Chronicle,
30 Sep 2005
fresh:
A powerful, if one-sided, attack on the GM food industry.
– Richard James Havis,
Hollywood Reporter,
27 Sep 2005
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