Ciné-Fȇte - Business as Usual

Business as Usual

Episode of : Food Machine +
Product code : A69-S01-13
Category(ies) : Food +, Industry and Commerce +
Level(s) : Sec. (ages 14-17) +, Post-Sec. (18 +) +
Duration : 30 min.
Production year : 1997
Director(s) : Mario Desmarais
Producer(s) : Arts et Images Productions
Version(s) : French +

Description

Because of the North America Free Trade Agreement between Canada, United States and Mexico, the Chiapas Indians of Mexico are having to fight to grow corn in a traditional, small-scale way as they have been doing for a millennium. In Mexico, people die for the right to eat the produce of their own land, while in the North, we're happy to save a few pennies at the supermarket. The solution, a formula devised by the UPA (Québec Farm Producer's Union).