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#1 by Steven Jones on March 17th, 2010
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The way we produce our food has changed more in the last 50 years than it has in the last 5,000. Big business and large scale production are wreaking havoc with natural ecosystems is very energy intensive.. i.e addicted to cheap oil and gas to make its inputs. Seed patenting and GMO’s mean that some of the world’s most important food crops are coming under the control of large multinational companies and greatly eroding the world’s small scale farming base.
With Global Peak oil production looming fast on the horizon, if it is not already here and climate change accelerating as a result of fossil fuel use, it is time for a rethink.. these are films which really expose the problem and weaknesses at the heart of our modern systems, they dont really offer any great solutions, but it clear that vast agribusiness is not going to be a univeral solution.
As a permaculture facillitator I am a strong advocate of the relocalisation of much of our productive systems, especially food production.. these are documentaries which add a lot of evidence to the case as to why this is the case.
Everyone needs to watch Food Inc.