The Global Banquet (by invitation only)

The Global Banquet: By Invitation Only
Category: Documentaries
Regions: North America
Topics: Economic Development / Poverty, Environment, Globalization

A two part discussion of corporate farming and its global effects.

Part 1 examines how corporate globalization of food threatens the livelihoods of small farmers in the U.S. and developing countries and how free trade is the route to mounting hunger worldwide, despite an overabundance of food.

Part 2 looks at mass produced, low-cost food imports to developing countries and cash crop exports that deplete natural resources and render developing countries unable to feed themselves.

To purchase this film, click here. (note-this film is alternately titled The Global Banquet: The Politics of Food).

Visit Factory Farm to learn about sustainable food production and begin your search for quality, organic, free-range meat, poultry, dairy and eggs from farmers, restaurants, and markets in your area by accessing the Eat Well Guide.

Go to Global Exchange to educate yourself about Fair Trade and shop on-line.

Visit the Institute for Food and Development Policy's website - Food First - a progressive organization that aims to discover solutions to end hunger and poverty around the world. The site contains a comprehensive resource library and book store for those seeking more information on food, health and the environment.

With the introduction of large-scale corporate farms, a steady degradation of farmland has begun; marking the end of the family farm and the continued loss of quality of the food we eat. The Sustainability Institute's article "Super-Tractors, Super-Cows, Super-Farms" explores the impact of large-scale farming practices.