Destruction of American Farms

There are few things in life that shock me, especially when it comes to my food. However, throughout my ‘Anthropology of Food’ course I’ve come to find that I need to hope for the best, but often times, expect for the worst. The film “The Future of Food” dives into the culture of farming in the United States and the monopoly that patenting has created. The video left me enraged and saddened.

The movie showed the stories of many abused farmers who had their lives turned upside down by the company Monsanto. This company tears families apart by their patenting overdrive. To think that a company can patent types of farm crops is a scary thought. There are so many crops that are not being made available to consumers because the company gets to decide what we eat by monopolizing the entire farming culture.

It was hard to watch families torn apart by a company that serves us genetically modified foods without proper labeling that could do serious harm to our healthy and environment. It’s disgusting to also learn that our own countries attorney general is accepting money from companies like Monsanto, allowing them to destroy hard working families and ultimately destroy the health of America!

I find myself incredibly upset at the fact I feel our country has dug ourselves into a huge hole surrounded by genetically engineered crops, failing farms and bankrupt families. When are the effects going to become bad enough that people are going to make a stand? One person cannot do it all, and I challenge every American concerned with their health, the health of their nation and the environment to strongly rethink who they buy their food products from.