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Film Exposes Monsanto's Sordid History PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kiki Hubbard   
Monday, 26 May 2008


Cross-posted from OCM.

A few venues in Canada are showing a new documentary called "The World According to Monsanto." The film was available on YouTube earlier this spring but was mysteriously taken off in April. Above is a three-minute clip. Here’s what spurred French reporter Marie-Monique Robin’s investigation, according to The Gazette:

In 2004, a member of an Indian farmers' union approached investigative journalist Marie-Monique Robin in New Delhi's Indira Ghandi airport.

An epidemic of suicides has plagued Indian farmers. Farm organizations blame indebtedness, unfair trade policies and higher costs since farmers, lured by higher yields, started buying seeds from global agri-businesses instead of saving their own.

'You have to do something about Monsanto,' he urged the award-winning documentary-maker, who is based in Paris.

'They're buying up all the seed companies here.'

Robin spent three years researching Monsanto's global reach through interviews with farmers, whistleblowers and others in influential positions. Whether the film will be shown here in the States is yet to be seen.

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