As We Sow / And On This Farm (2009)
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As farmers leave the land in record numbers, agribusiness and the associated industrialization of agriculture continue to expand. The consequences—intended and unintended—of this rapid restructuring of our food system reach well beyond the boundaries of what we think of as “the family farm.” The award-winning documentary short, AS WE SOW, documents the stories of survival and failure in the real heartland, a struggle pitting family against family, neighbor against neighbor, citizens against their government, and small, independent farmers against the giants of global agribusiness. At the center is the land itself: who will control it and how, and at what cost to people and communities, to our health and our environment, and, ultimately, to our democracy.
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September 16th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Jesus… How are those bastards not in jail??? That is so goddamned unimaginably inhumane…
But efficient!
Here’s my solution:
The corporate hog farmers should be forced to drink a gallon of Roundup each, and the Monsanto people should be dumped in the hog sewage lagoons (after ensuring the walls are too high to climb out). That would solve some of the world’s problems :)
January 9th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
The only way to fight this system. Grow your own food. Learn hydroponics, and grow outside. Use 1/4 of your yard. Buy non gno seeds. Learn to can your vegeatables. Learn how to purify your drinking, cooking water. Becom more self sufficient.