"The World according to Monsanto" showing Saturday September 27 in Santa Rosa
Emerald
I am planning to show "The World according to Monsanto" Saturday September 27th at 6:45p.m. Karen Hudson will be facilitating the discussion afterward. The address is 883 Sonoma ave. Because space is limited to 40 I am asking people to RSVP. Thank you to pass the info around.
Please park on Sonoma Ave or on Gray court just across (there is always parking there).
Best regards.
Nicoline Leseigneur
707-595-5838
The World According to Monsanto is a 2008 film directed by Marie-Monique Robin. Originally released in French asLe monde selon Monsanto, the film is based on Robin's three-year-long investigation into the corporate practices around the world of the United States multinational corporation, Monsanto.[1] The World According to Monsanto is also a book written by Marie-Monique Robin, winner of the Rachel Carson Prize (a Norwegian prize for female environmentalists),[2] which has been translated into many languages.
Synopsis[edit]
The film reports many controversies surrounding the use and promotion of genetically modified seeds, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Agent Orange, and bovine growth hormone. Cases in the United States (including Anniston, Alabama), Canada, India, Mexico, Paraguay, the United Kingdom (Scotland) and France, are explored, claiming that the corporation's collusion with governments, pressure tactics, suppression and manipulation of scientific data, and extra-legal practices aided the company's attempts at dominating global agriculture. Scientists, representatives of the United States Food and Drug Administration and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, civil society representatives, victims of the company’s activities, lawyers, and politicians are interviewed.[3]