Agro-industrialisation
There we consider the influence of TNCs (agribusinesses and the media) in shaping food consumption habits.
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The amount of land available for food production is surprisingly small. This short clip raises questions about the balance between resources and population growth.
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Food Inc is a documentary that argues that agribusiness is producing unhealthy food in an unsustainable way that is damaging our environment.
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The top 10 Food companies that control what we eat |
Country |
Famous For |
Associated British Foods plc |
United Kingdom |
Mazola corn oil and Twinings tea |
The Coca-Cola Company |
United States |
Making drinking water into a consumer product |
Groupe Danone S.A. |
France |
Danone is the world’s largest seller of fresh dairy products |
General Mills, Inc. |
United States |
Betty Crocker, Green Giant, and Pillsbury |
Kellogg Company |
United States |
Kellogg’s cereal, Keebler, and Pringles |
Mars, Incorporated |
United States |
M&Ms, Milky Way, Snickers and Twix. Uncle Ben’s rice, Wrigley |
Mondelez International, Inc. |
United States |
Kraft Foods, Cadbury, Nabisco, Oreo, and Trident |
Nestle S.A. |
Switzerland |
World's largest food company |
PepsiCo Inc. |
United States |
Pepsi, Mountain Dew, and Gatorade, Tostitos, Doritos, and Quaker |
Unilever Group |
United Kingdom - Netherlands |
Lipton tea, Hellmann’s mayonnaise, and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream |
The Other Inconvenient Truth:
How Agriculture is Changing the Face of Our Planet
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"Agriculture is dominating our planet, whether it's 40 percent of our land surface, 70 percent of the water we use, 30 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions. We've doubled the flows of nitrogen and phosphorus around the world simply by using fertilizers, causing huge problems of water quality from rivers, lakes, and even oceans, and it's also the single biggest driver of biodiversity loss. So without a doubt, agriculture is the single most powerful force unleashed on this planet since the end of the ice age. No question. And it rivals climate change in importance. And they're both happening at the same time".
Jonathan Foley |
