Food Safety DVD

Studio: Educational Video Network, Inc.
Product Type: DVD

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One of the best-reviewed documentaries of 2005 is now available on DVD in this deluxe two-disc edition. There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America, a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat. This documentary explores the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled grocery store shelves for the past decade. It also examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multi-national corporations seek to control the world's food system. "One of 2005's must-see documentaries" -San Francisco Chronicle.

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Control of seeds & wiping out traditions........2007-07-01

This documentary should be seen by anyone concerned with issues of corporate dominance and food safety. While the health effects of genetic modification are not known, what is known is that the technology enables companies to claim ownership over seeds that were once considered a common good and shared among farmers. Now, those traditional relationships of collaboration between farmers are being supplanted by Monsanto letters sent to farmers encouraging them to turn in any farmers who may be using patented seeds without permission. Monsanto has even gone so far as to develop a "terminator" seed, a seed that will not reproduce; thus forcing the farmers to go back to Monsanto each year to buy more seed. Thankfully, through the organizing done by famers and consumers at stores like Whole Foods, the corporate agenda of Monsanto has run into some snags; but their lawyers and lobbyists and marketers never rest - neither should we.

Patented GMOs are now being exported around the world. While some countries and farmers associations have resisted, it can be difficult to avoid cross-polinization. Traces of GMOs are now being found in Mexican corn strains, corn that represents centuries of innovation by farmers.
One of the many interesting parts of this film is the description of Mexico's corn culture - the local markets, the different sorts of corn they grow for different climates, and the different types of corn they use according to how it is being cooked. It's ingenious, and a celebration of diversity.
The goal of agribusiness firms like ADM, Monsanto and Cargill is to homogenize and oligopolize. It's a crime against farmers, consumers and the environment; but a great plan for maximizing profit and market share.
"The Future of Food" is an excellent tool for raising awareness of this vital issue, one of many vital issues that the corporate media ignore.

I would also recommend these related resources:
The Corporation Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply and How to Save the World

Infactual.......2007-05-31

I am tired of documentaries that put down genetic engineering!!! It is NOT a bad thing, it is NOT polluting the environment, and it is certainly NOT endangering your health!! In fact, just recently, "Golden rice has been released in parts of the world, and will stop babies from being born blind! It will HELP these people. THe media puts down every new technology. Cant you just accept one for once, when it is helping farmers, saving lives, and making your foods more nutritious???

For Everyone!.......2007-05-29

Information that everyone should know. We shared this with our kids and friends. We need to know what is happening to our food so we can make intelligent choices.

A Must-See!.......2007-05-13

If you have any awareness at all about the many lurking problems regarding our food supply, watch this video and have your doubts removed! The situation is quite dire, and education on the matter is our only way out.

Lunacy.......2007-04-10

Documentary, pretty well done. Primarily focused on genetically modified food, it also touched on how organics are grown and the utter lack of protection for land and natural resources. What was appalling was the connections the US government has to the corporations who not only create the genetically modified foods, but place a patent on the results. Can you imagine someone patenting corn? But they have and it's legal. Also lots of details on how this affects farmers, how they are being legally challenged by this patenting, and how many of the modified foods cause awful things (one specific modified cell has 100% causal rate for breast cancer, but because the modification is patented institutes who work to find cures for cancer can only study the cell if they pay the millions of dollars fee to honor the patent) and they are not labeled on ingredients. It is not required that they be indicated on ingredients. It was pretty sobering and indicated yet another level of awareness is needed on the part of consumers.

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Frontline: Modern Meat

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Planet Earth - The Complete BBC Series

ASIN: B000K15W5C
Release Date: 2006-10-26

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The Centers for Disease Control recently noted that a single fast-food hamburger contained beef from more than 100 cows. FRONTLINE investigates the meat industry and the safety of U.S. meat supplies. Meat production has become a highly mechanized, centralized industry, changing both the way meat is produced and the way Americans eat, while new U.S. Department of Agriculture meat inspection procedures give greater control to the meat industry.

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Basic Food Safety DVD

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Historic Chicken, Eggs & Poultry Films DVD: Classic Food Safety & Meat Agriculture Movies

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Historic Chicken, Eggs & Poultry Films DVD: Classic Food Safety & Meat Agriculture Movies

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(1) The Chicken of Tomorrow (1948) - 17 Minutes
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(3) Protecting Poultry Profits (1952) - 24 Minutes
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These 4 vintage chicken and poultry films from 1937-1960 show Americas favorite meat from the viewpoint of scientific agriculture. You cant find this DVD compilation anywhere else! Table Of Contents: (1) The Chicken of Tomorrow (1948) - This 1948 film is, in many ways, a prelude to genetic modification of food and shows the early stages of modern scientific agriculture. According to the narrative, poultry was the third largest crop in the United States at this time - 17 Minutes (2) Poultry on the Farm (1937) - Turkeys, chickens, geese, ducks and all types of other poultry are discussed at length. This film includes great footage of incubation machinery and embryo hatchings 11 Minutes (3) Protecting Poultry Profits (1952) - Warning: this films has footage of sick chickens, including necropsies. It shows how chicken diseases can wipe out your chicken farms and lead to lee money. It also shows how they treat the sick chickens 24 Minutes (4) Carving Magic (1960) - Wow - this film shows how to properly cut almost any type of meat using the correct knives and utensils. Turkey, steaks, chicken, lamb, etc. This is an excellent film with tons of useful information and brilliant color photography - 21 Minutes

Starter Pack: From Best Bets To Safety Net

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Starter Pack: From Best Bets To Safety Net

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Two DVD Set: Film 30 minutes; Features 2 hours. Malawi's Starter Pack program dramatically raised the nation's food production and provides many lessons for improving food security in poor countries. Created in response to a serious food emergency, instead of food aid, it gave to all small farmers in the country a small pack of improved seed and fertilizer. Through interviews and field footage this film portrays how this program was created, how and why it was changed over a six year period, its achievements and shortcomings. Useful for sparking discussions of alternatives to traditional food aid, in illustrating some key dilemmas of international development policy, and in conveying to development practitioners lessons learned from this well-documented food security intervention in Malawi.

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During Britain's foot and mouth epidemic in 2001, they ended up slaughtering close to four million farm animals. Foot and mouth is the most contagious disease among animals or humans. So the British government didn't feel that it had any options. But once the epidemic seemed in hand, we didn't expend much more effort on the story. British farmers are still suffering a lot, even where nothing new is happening on the foot and mouth front, but some fresh cases have also been reported and the fear is that new outbreaks will only increase as colder weather sets in. And if it was bad in the United Kingdom, it would be that much worse here in North America.

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Food Safety DVD

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