Hungry for Profit
Filmed on five continents, this provocative documentary takes a close look at the global agribusiness system, which is turning the world's food supply into a global supermarket, buying food at the lowest prices--seemingly regardless of the effect on small farmers and local populations--and selling it at the highest price and the greatest profit whenever possible.
"Clear and convincing. Excellent for studies of population, land use, food economics, international banking, social organization, history and comparative government." -- Amer. Assn. for the Advancement of Science
"A clearheaded and moving film about the rise of global agribusiness and the disturbing effects of first-world economic concerns on third-world food supply ...Many of the issues investigated remain at the core of the global hunger debate." -- Gourmet Magazine, February 2007
Running Time
89 mins
Year
1985
Kanopy ID
1144948
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As this powerful documentary makes very clear: world hunger is not caused by over population; but rather by the greed of multi-national corporations. Agr-business is systematically starving millions of third world men, women and children in order that their share holders can amass more and ...Read more
As this powerful documentary makes very clear: world hunger is not caused by over population; but rather by the greed of multi-national corporations. Agr-business is systematically starving millions of third world men, women and children in order that their share holders can amass more and more wealth. As Christ said many times 2,000 years ago; :money is the root to all evil.
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