Hungry for Profit (Colleges, Universities)

“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

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.

“Sets forth the provocative proposition that the wealthier nations of the Western World are making the hungry nations even hungrier.”
-Los Angeles Times
“No other documentary conveys the role of agribusiness and the importance of “food first” to the hungry.”
-Institute for Food & Development Policy
“An intelligent and merciless investigation into famine, with global agribusiness as the main culprit.”
-Variety
An international development documentary that goes behind the famine headlines.

“Clearly makes the connection between first world corporate profit motive and Developing World hunger. People in the United States need to know more about how our actions affect others around the world. ‘Hungry for Profit’ vividly conveys that message.”
-Interfaith Hunger Coalition of Southern California
“Extremely well done and haunting. Sure to touch many people. Classroom teachers could interrupt the film in strategic places and initiate a lively discussion. Strongly recommended. Excellent.”
-World Hunger Program, American Friends Service Committee
“One of the best videos on this topic.”
-Development Update
PBS primetime National Broadcast
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Bringing the Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness

* Reveals how bringing food production to a local level revitalizes rural economies in both the industrialized and developing world
* Published in association with the International Society for Ecology and Culture
* For readers concerned with agriculture, community development, environmental sustainability, and ecological economics

If the many social, environmental, and economic crises facing the planet are to be reversed, local food economies must be rebuilt. Given the constant demand for food, even miniscule changes in its production and marketing can offer immense benefits for farmers, consumers, the economy and the environment.

Bringing the Food Economy Home reveals how a shift towards the local would protect and rebuild agricultural diversity by giving farmers a larger share of the money spent on food, and providing consumers with healthier, fresher food at more affordable prices.

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