The most enraging thing i learned from watching The Future of Food is that the Supreme Courts of the U.S. and Canada have decided to protect the patent rights of some of the most unscrupulous corporations on the planet such as Monsanto. Naturally, these corporations should never have been allowed to patent a life form in the first place. To make matters worse, the courts have absurdly ruled that farmers whose fields become contaminated with genetically modified Monsanto seeds from a neighbouring field are guilty of patent right infringement, which means that Monsanto can successfully sue the farmers. Instead of making corporations responsible for keeping its GMO crops out of the non-GMO crops (and out of our food supply) farmers are expected to keep genetically modified seeds from blowing into their fields.

Let’s put the public good back in public hands. Let’s put an end to the patenting of life.

Please see this film

If you’re not in the US it will only ratify your position against Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). If you are in the US and are anything like me, you will be enraged, saddened, feel hopeless, but at least you’ll have information to make conscious decisions, to push for legislation, to gain a better understanding of where we’re headed as a society, as a race and what decisions we need to make today in order to guarantee that we don’t dig ourselves into a whole we won’t be able to get out of.

There’s many points I’d like to make about the movie, but I would rather you make your own opinions, which is why I suggest you watch this movie.

Warning: Side effects may include eye irritation & tearing, heartbeat acceleration, deep rooted frustration and an enraged reaction to move to another country.

This documentary takes a critical look at genetically modified organisms and their implications for our health and the environment. Among the topics discussed are the patenting of seeds (genetically modified and not), the implications for farmers, contamination of wild crops and subsequent loss of biodiversity, the need to label GMOs, the possibility of allergic reactions, and other safety concerns.

A must see for anyone who eats food. Understand the biology of what a GMO is. Tune in and and turn on.