The Future of Food (2004)
Lily Films

Description

Shot on location in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, The Future of Food examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world's food system. The film also explores alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture, placing organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm crisis today. The Future of Food reveals that there is a revolution going on in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America, a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat.

Tags

Food, Agriculture, gentical engineering

Collected reviews and ratings

9.0 Amazon user reviews

This film does an excellent job showing the bad results of greedy corporations and misguided government policies in relation to GM foods. Highly recommended.
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7.5 The Onion A.V. Club | Tasha Robinson

Deborah Koons Garcia's densely informative documentary The Future Of Food is only 88 minutes long, but it might go down best if served up with an intermission somewhere in the middle to give viewers a chance to catch their collective breath and digest what they've just learned.
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7.5 TV Guide | Ken Fox

Despite its shortcomings, it's an effective clarion call that will no doubt stir audiences to action, even if it doesn't quite prepare them for the important battle ahead.
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7.0 Los Angeles Times | Kevin Crust

The densely informational film fails to open up the discussion on synthetic food but makes a strong case for its stance through interviews with scientists and "clean" food advocates.
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7.0 Boxoffice Magazine | Sheri Linden

Without resorting to fear-mongering or condescending attempts to be entertaining, documaker Deborah Koons Garcia lays out the alarming facts about the effects of unregulated corporate activity in the realm of bioengineering.
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6.0 filmcritic.com | Christopher Null

Deborah Koons' The Future of Food is eye-opening, if overly preachy, and I'm not afraid to cautiously recommend it. Sift through the propoganda about Big Industry controlling what we eat and the lectures about government subsidies, and you'll find some interesting science about how GM food has made people ill.
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5.0 New York Times | Stephen Holden

Quietly inflammatory film.
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5.0 Variety | Robert Koehler

Docu is a disturbing - if somewhat bland and partisan - study of agribusiness' aggressive push for genetically-modified food.
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