Secret Ingredients
The Brave New World of Industrial Farming
You are what you eat, but do you know what is in the food you’re eating – or how it’s grown?
Chicken, corn, potatoes, a slice of bread, and a glass of milk. Where does a meal like this come from? Who and what is involved in getting it to your table? Most Canadians don’t know – and will be shocked to find out that, while we were snacking, farming has been transformed. Today, once-independent farmers work on contract for huge food corporations, growing genetically modified food in soil saturated with chemicals. Farming is big business and has become a matter of world trade regulations that favour global corporations. Laidlaw, in investigating the state of modern farming, uncovers many shocking practices,…
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April 6, 2004Stuart Laidlaw is a member of the Toronto Star’s editorial board, and has led the newspaper’s coverage of farm and agricultural issues in Canada.