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Fed Up!(2002)

Bioengineering, Agriculture

    5.5

    Overview

    Nominated for an Environmental Media Award, this eye-opening documentary explores the United States' food production system from the organic farming of the Green Movement to the genetically engineered food of the Biotech Revolution. Through fascinating archival footage and interviews with farmers, scientists, government officials and activists, Fed Up! provides a detailed and sometimes disturbing overview of contemporary food production. About 70% of the food we eat contains genetically modified ingredients and is not labeled. The biotechnology industry is spending $50 million a year to convince us that this technology is our only hope for feeding the world and saving the environment. Family farmers are disappearing at an astonishing rate as people continue to go hungry both here and abroad. Toxic agricultural chemicals continue to poison our air, food and water and put farm workers in serious danger. What's a person to do?

    Status:Released
    Release Date:Jan 1, 2002
    Runtime: 57m

    Top Cast

    Britt Bailey

    Britt Bailey

    Herself - Center for Ethics and Toxics

    Dominique Baron

    Dominique Baron

    Herself - Concerned Citizen

    Brent Blackwelder

    Brent Blackwelder

    Himself - Friends of the Earth, USA

    Beth Burroughs

    Beth Burroughs

    Herself - Executive Director, The Edmonds Institute

    Ignacio Chapela

    Ignacio Chapela

    Himself - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley

    Sue Markland Day

    Sue Markland Day

    Herself - President, Bay Area Bioscience Center

    Katie Dwight

    Katie Dwight

    Herself - Purisima Greens Farm

    Dan Glickman

    Dan Glickman

    Himself - US Secretary of Agriculture (voice)

    Diane Joy Goodman

    Diane Joy Goodman

    Herself - Farm Box Project Consulting

    Simon Harris

    Simon Harris

    Himself - Organic Consumers Association

    Karen Heisler

    Karen Heisler

    Herself - Environmental Protection Agency, Agriculture Initiative Program

    Susanne L. Huttner

    Susanne L. Huttner

    Herself - Director, Systemwide Biotechnology Research and Education Program, University of California

    Tony Juniper

    Tony Juniper

    Himself - Friends of the Earth, England

    Daphne Kingsley

    Daphne Kingsley

    Herself - Live Power Community Farm, Apprentice

    Nancy Evans

    Nancy Evans

    Herself - Communications Consultant, The Bread Cancer Fund

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