King Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial, pesticide-laden, heavily-subsidized commodity dominates the food pyramid from top to bottom – corn. Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveté, two college buddies return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa to figure out how a modest kernel conquered America. With the help of some real farmers, oodles of fertilizer and government aide, and some genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hilarious absurdities and scary but hidden truths about America’s modern food system in this engrossing and eye-opening documentary.
Nu vei mai privi niciodata la fel in farfurie.Metodele folosite astazi in industria alimentara sunt, in mare parte, raspunsul la cresterea rapida a industriei fast-food din anii '50. Productia de alimente, in intregul ei, s-a schimbat drastic de atunci, asa cum nu s-a schimbat niciodata in mii de ani. Controlata de o mana de corporatii multinationale, politicile de productie si prelucrare a alimentelor urmaresc, ca pe un cod nescris, scoaterea pe piata a unor cantitati…
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