The Story of Food – Reflecting on Food Politics

 USC Canada has released a new video short describing “the story of food”. The video largely outlines the decline of biodiversity in mainstream/industrial agro-food production systems. It touches on the downside of genetically modified crops, the plight of the family farm, climate change and hunger/obesity. The short video ends by encouraging consumers to ‘buy local, organic and fair trade’ wherever they can, to support small scale organics and to think about where  your food comes from and how it is produced. This succinct video outlines some important issues with an attractive delivery (more…)