The Future of Food
There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on our dinner tables. With a special guest panel discussion.
Sault Ste Marie
Friday August 1, 2008
Screening begins 19h00
Venue: Algoma University (1520 Queen Street East) in the Great West Life Amphitheatre (Room NW 200)
United States / 2004 / 88 Minutes
The Future of Food offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.
From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology. The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed by the introduction of genetically altered crops into our food supply.
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.
Special Guest Facilitator: Panel Discussion
Lee-Ann Chevrette (Creator of the Algoma Food Network
http://algomafoodnetwork.wordpress.com/)
David Trivers (Agricultural Representative from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs)
Jennie Pearce (Vice President of the Algoma Farmers' Market and CSA grower)
Jason Koivisto (Ph.D. from Coventry University in conjunction with the Royal Agricultural College and has co-authored a paper for the FAO Expert Consultation on Protein Supply for the Animal Feed Industry)
Deborah Koons Garcia – Director, Writer, Producer
Catherine Lynn Butler – Producer
Vivien Hillgrove – Editor
John Chater – Director of Photography
Todd Boekelheide - Composer
Sara Maamouri - Associate Producer/Assistant Editor/Narrator
Sara Needham - Associate Producer/Assistant Editor
Kyle Kosup - Animator
