Review: The Future of Food, a must-see documentary that exposes the biotech threat to life on our planet
Pastor Dale Morgan
May 5th, 2007 7:10 AM
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Review: The Future of Food, a must-see documentary that exposes the
biotech threat to life on our planet*
by: Mike Adams
There is a cabal of power-hungry corporations that are systematically
destroying humanity's future. These companies have taken over the food
supply, injected pesticides, viruses and invading genes into staple
crops, engineered "terminator" genes that make crop seeds unviable,
destroyed the livelihood of farmers and used every tactic they could
think of -- legal threats, intimidation, bribery, monopolistic market
practices and many more -- to gain monopolistic control over the global
food supply.
One documentary brings you this astonishing story. Through the testimony
of family farmers, ecological scientists, agricultural experts and
numerous public documents, The Future of Food tells a horrifying,
heart-stopping story of how Big Agriculture has sold out the future of
human civilization for the almighty dollar.
The Future of Food is a compelling, eye-opening documentary that I
consider a "must-see documentary" by anyone who eats food (which
probably includes you). Even if you think you know everything worth
knowing about your food, there's still a dark secret the biotech
companies believe U.S. consumers should not be allowed to know: That
many foods are genetically engineered with dangerous pesticides and
foreign DNA, and there is currently no U.S. law requiring their labeling
as such.
Do whatever it takes to see this documentary. Buy it, rent it, or view
it online by clicking here
http://video.google.com/url?docid=849146694200968214&esrc=sr1&ev=v&q=future+of+food&vidurl=http://video.google.com/videoplay%3Fdocid%3D849146694200968214%26q%3Dfuture%2Bof%2Bfood&usg=AL29H209PclUiEFoEsRK7pUtAS5Kjy3mHQ
to watch it on Google Video. Just make sure you watch this film.
It starts off looking a bit boring. But stick with it. The film picks up
steam after the first ten minutes, and then it takes you on an
outrageous ride that will have you gripping the edge of your seat,
shaking your head in disbelief. Watch this entire film from start to
finish, and then, when you're done watching it, send the link to your
friends. This is an extremely important documentary for our time. Don't
make another trip to the grocery store without seeing this film!
The future of humanity is determined by the future of food
What's at stake here is not merely control over today's food profits.
The actions taken by Big Agriculture are systematically destroying the
very agricultural biodiversity that will one day be desperately needed
to save us from a global food crash. And at the same time these
multinational agricultural giants are destroying our food biodiversity,
they're also patenting seeds, then using imperialistic intellectual
property law to extort profits from farmers, universities and research
institutions all over the world.
The whole problem of genetically engineered crops became a tidal wave of
trouble following the U.S. Supreme Court's ill-fated decision in 1980 to
allow corporations to patent life. The patenting of the first
genetically engineered microbe opened the floodgates to corporate greed,
and it wasn't long before Big Ag firms began patenting every seed they
could get their hands on (a process called "biopiracy"), stealing the
inventions of nature and declaring them to be their own.
Today, an astonishing 20 percent of the human genome is now owned by
corporations. The simple act of reproducing by having children is now a
violation of U.S. patent law. Technically, the corporations that "own"
these human genes could sue the parents of all newborns, demanding
royalty payments for the use of their intellectual property.
Want to know more shocking facts about intellectual property and the
future of food, agriculture and human civilization? See The Future of
Food for yourself. And while you're at it, be sure to visit the Center
for Food safety (www.centerforfoodsafety.org), a non-profit organization
that's been doing the oversight job our own government should have been
doing. But since the people who run the USDA, EPA and FDA are the very
same people who occupy top positions in the most powerful agricultural
organizations in the world, the U.S. government has no intention
whatsoever to protect the public from financial exploitation by
influential corporations (regardless of the cost to the future of life
on planet Earth). It's the same story with Big Pharma, as you no doubt
already realize.
The coming food bubble
Curious how modern civilization might ultimately end? In previous
articles, I've discussed the coming food bubble -- a global collapse of
the food abundance we naively enjoy today. Depending on who you talk to,
this collapse of the global food supply could be caused by the end of
peak oil, a collapse of bioversity followed by widespread crop blight,
the depletion of freshwater tables, radical weather patterns caused by
global warming, or the widespread disruption of global ecosystems
through the continued use of synthetic chemicals (pesticides,
herbicides, pharmaceuticals, etc.)
Each of these explanations sounds like bad news to me. Any one of them
could conceivably pose a major threat to the future of our global food
supply. And yet the real news is even worse: We're facing all of these
threats at once!
Biotechnology companies claim they're coming to the rescue with a new
breed of genetically engineered crops that can produce more food, with
greater farming efficiency, than ever before. What they don't tell you
is that these GM foods contain pesticides and their use encourages the
massive dumping of herbicides on croplands by farmers. Those synthetic
chemicals wash right off the farms and into the aquatic ecosystems
(rivers, wetlands, oceans) where they are creating "dead zones" that
can't even support aquatic life.
It's all being done for the sake of the almighty dollar. Corporations
(and the governments they control) are sacrificing the very future of
human civilization in order to boost next quarter's profits. The food
supply is now toxic, the environment is being systematically destroyed,
and government departments that should be protecting the public are now
operating as marketing branches of the very companies they should be
prosecuting for endangering the public.
How goes the food, so goes the nation
Modern agriculture has literally and figuratively lost its roots. Seeds
that were created by nature are now patented and owned by corporations;
genetically engineered crops that never passed any sort of rigorous
safety testing have long since been approved as G.R.A.S. by the FDA
(meaning safe for use in foods); governments continue to use taxpayer
dollars to subsidize the growing of genetically engineered corn (coated
with Monsanto herbicides, by the way); and the FDA continues to insist
that the U.S. public has no right to know which foods are genetically
engineered because it might "confuse them."
That's how the U.S. government views the average American these days --
as a stupid, misinformed "feeder and breeder" who has no capacity to
read labels or make informed decisions about what's in their food. Just
pay your taxes, buy your junk food, put your babies on Prozac and shut
the heck up, okay?
And the situation looks like it's only going to get worse. In America,
at least. Europeans, Canadians and practically everyone else in the
world is way ahead of the game on this. In Europe, genetically
engineered foods must be clearly labeled, and many countries have
actually banned GM exports from the United States (about which the U.S.
screams like a carjacking victim, citing international trade sanctions
and promising economic retribution towards any country that doesn't
swallow genetically engineered U.S. crops).
American consumers have remained in the dark on this issue for so long
that it's frankly a little embarrassing to me, as an American, to admit.
But this documentary, The Future of Food can help educate consumers
around the world and rally them to support an outright ban on
genetically engineered crops in the food supply. After all, who wants
viruses in their corn? Who wants the entire food supply owned and
controlled by evil corporations that have clearly demonstrated they have
no concern whatsoever for public health or sustainable farming?
What you can do right now
So how do you, as a consumer, combat the evils of these out-of-control
corporations and failed government regulators? Here's a quick list of
action items that will help you stay informed and empowered:
1. View the documentary. Make sure you watch The Future of Food.
2. Shop for NON-GMO foods. Buy organic, and look for non-GMO labels on
the foods you purchase. If you're not sure what's genetically modified
and what isn't, rest assured that most of the brand-name products made
by the largest food corporations contain one or more genetically
modified ingredients. The most common are corn and soybeans. So buy food
and food products from small, local companies or "natural" food
manufacturers. Visit your local food coop. Eat local!
3. Support legislative efforts to require the labeling of genetically
modified food ingredients. I'm not aware of any such pending legislation
that's anywhere close to a vote, but if such legislation appears on the
horizon, you can count on NewsTarget to rally readers to the cause. Make
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4. Read the Center for Food Safety report on pharmaceutical rice. Click
here to download the report now (PDF). This is an important report to
read if you want to understand how drug companies are now trying to turn
nature's crops into pharmaceutical factories, placing the safety of the
entire national food supply at great risk.
5. Share information with others. Spread the word on our CounterThink
cartoons. Just click on any cartoon you see on this page, then you can
send it to a friend or post it on your website (please include a link
back to us). Take part in consumer activism by posting your own blog or
articles on this topic. Help spread the word about the dangers of
genetically engineered crops!
Together, we can fight the corporate takeover of our food supply. If we
stay informed, focused and committed to protecting nature, we can end
the secrecy and get GM crops either labeled on foods or banned outright.
In time, we may even be able to overthrow modern patent law and
ultimately ban the patenting of seeds, genes and living entities. In
time, I hope to see the ending of patent law on all medicines, too.
Patents on genes, seeds, foods and medicines should have never been
allowed. These things belong to the people (actually, they belong to no
one except nature). They certainly do not belong to any corporation.
Personally, I refuse to recognize these invalid patent laws which are
artificially constructed by the U.S. patent office. There is no such
thing as corporate ownership over a seed, there is only the illusion of
such ownership. Patent law is a social and legal construct, and it can
be demolished just as easily as it was fabricated. In time, if enough
consumers join in these efforts to save themselves from corporate
tyranny, we can take back ownership and control over our food, our genes
and our lives.
It will not be an easy task, and it will require a lot of information
and grassroots advocacy. The Future of Food is a great ally in this
fight, and the Center for Food Safety deserves your goodwill and
financial support. Please consider donating to this organization to help
fund even more pro-consumer action that challenges the regulatory
failures of the USDA, FDA and EPA.
Stay tuned to NewsTarget for more pro-consumer news. We're fighting to
protect life on many fronts, including challenging Big Pharma, Big Ag,
Big Oil and Big Government. We believe in consumer rights, open-source
intellectual property and the protection of nature. We're radical
thinkers who support radical changes to create a sustainable future
founded on consumer freedom, liberty and education.
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About the author: Mike Adams is a natural health researcher and author
with a strong interest in personal health, the environment and the power
of nature to help us all heal He is a prolific writer and has published
thousands of articles, interviews, reports and consumer guides, reaching
millions of readers with information that is saving lives and improving
personal health around the world. Adams is an independent journalist
with strong ethics who does not get paid to write articles about any
product or company. He's also a successful software entrepreneur, having
founded a well known email marketing software company whose technology
currently powers the NewsTarget email newsletters. Adams is currently
the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3
non-profit, and regularly pursues cycling, nature photography, Capoeira
and Pilates. He's also author of numerous health books published by
Truth Publishing and is the creator of several consumer-oriented
grassroots campaigns, including the Spam. Don't Buy It! campaign, and
the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. He also created the free
reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams
believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the
ending of corporate control over medicines, genes and seeds. Known by
his callsign, the 'Health Ranger,' Adams posts his missions statements,
health statistics and health photos at www.HealthRanger.org
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