Food MythBusters — Do we really need industrial agriculture to feed the world? — #foodie Friday

How can we feed the world—today and tomorrow? The biggest players in the food industry—from pesticide pushers to fertilizer makers to food processors and manufacturers—spend billions of dollars every year not selling food, but selling the idea that we need their products to feed the world. But, do we really need industrial agriculture to feed the world? Can sustainably grown food deliver the quantity and quality we need—today and in the future?

November 2, 2012

Food Inc. — what are you really eating and where does our food come from?

A movie that looks like it's worth watching. Food Inc. A movie by Robert Kenner. It's supposed to be in theatres this month. UPDATE: The last long segment in this Colbert Report is interviewing one of the producers from this movie.

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