Summary: While high-tech agriculture is one of the hallmarks of Western society, a growing number of Americans and Europeans believe that our farming methods are harmful on a number of levels. This program looks at the evolving debate over industrialized food production versus organic farming. Showing how and why farming techniques and policies have changed in the U.K. and similar countries over the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: The nation's industrialized food system is making consumers obese, diabetic and primed for heart disease and it has converted millions of eaters into pursuers of the American Organic Dream: Eat Organic to Live Longer and Better. Although sales increased six-fold over the last decade, organic food still comprises a tiny fraction of the food Americans eat. Critics of the organic food movement...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010