2024-05-04T06:06:52Z http://www.villagevancouver.ca/video/video/listTagged?tag=GMO&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:www.villagevancouver.ca,2010-06-10:4670368:Video:4997 2010-06-10T22:50:26.000Z nelson http://www.villagevancouver.ca/profile/nelson

<a href="http://www.villagevancouver.ca/video/the-world-according-to"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1946077452?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>he World According to Monsanto pieces together the story of the St. Louis, Missouri, corporation, calling on hitherto unpublished documents and first-hand accounts by scientists, civil society representatives, victims of the company’s toxic activities, lawyers, politicians, and representatives of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Agency. Based on a…

<a href="http://www.villagevancouver.ca/video/the-world-according-to"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1946077452?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />he World According to Monsanto pieces together the story of the St. Louis, Missouri, corporation, calling on hitherto unpublished documents and first-hand accounts by scientists, civil society representatives, victims of the company’s toxic activities, lawyers, politicians, and representatives of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Agency. Based on a three-year investigation in North and South America, Europe and Asia, the film tells the tale of an industrial empire that, thanks in part to misleading reports, collusion with the American government, pressure tactics and attempts at corruption, has become one of the world’s biggest seed manufacturers. It shows how the clean, green image conveyed by the company’s advertising serves as a smoke screen for Monsanto’s quest for market supremacy, to the detriment of global food security and environmental stability.