Local Groups to Show Food Film at Rockland Library

The Future of Food will be shown at the Rockland Library on Tues., Feb. 22nd at 6:30 PM. The film addresses the revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America -- a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat. It offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.

From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada, to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology. The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed by the introduction of genetically altered crops into our food supply.

Shot on location in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, The Future of Food examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world's food system. The film also explores alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture, placing organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm crisis today.

The film will be followed by a facilitated discussion.

The program is sponsored by the Midcoast Peace & Justice Group, the First Universalist Church of Rockland, The Good Tern Natural Foods Coop, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, Knox County Progressive Caucus.

For more information call 594-1478.