Posts Tagged ‘industrial agriculture’

Paul Roberts: The End of Food, part 2 (video)

Paul Roberts: The End of Food, part 2 (video)

Part 2. Journalist and author, Paul Roberts continues his argument that developing an alternative food system will not be quick, nor will it be easy to accomplish. It will require substantial support from the government in order to develop and take hold, and require a systematic approach to creating holistic solutions. Roberts points out, risk [...]

A Conversation with ‘King Corn’ Filmmaker Curt Ellis-Part 3

A Conversation with ‘King Corn’ Filmmaker Curt Ellis-Part 3

Farming today is not what we may imagine it to be. It’s become largely an industrial process, and corn epitomizes this shift in production methods. In Part 3, ‘King Corn’ filmmaker Curt Ellis shares his experience growing an acre of corn in Iowa, and what it was like for him and his partner. Surprisingly, the [...]

A Conversation with ‘King Corn’ Filmmaker Curt Ellis

A Conversation with ‘King Corn’ Filmmaker Curt Ellis

Part 1; You can almost hear the voice of Gomer Pyle: “Surprise,” “Surprise,” “Surprise”! Of course, the big surprise may be on all of us. The documentary “King Corn” reveals the often unseen, and unreflected world of industrial food manufacturing, in this case, as it relates to the use and production of corn. The surprise [...]