iamwhatiseem
Diamond Member
I have always liked Christopher Walken, a bit one-noted I know... I guess I like that note.
The movie itself is based on a true story of Percy Schreiber who found himself being sued by Monsanto for patent infringement.
Percy was one of the last "real" farmers. Farmers use to always, of course, save seeds. Particularly from fields that did well. This is how farmers improved their crops and yield.
But the new kind of farming... GMO seeds... was taking over. Promising unimaginable yields. And - they delivered. They worked. But it came at a price, once you used their seeds... you could never use any other seed... forever. Of course, they didn't tell farmers that.
They found out the hard way.
Good movie, acting not brilliant... but good. And the story is an important one.
The movie itself is based on a true story of Percy Schreiber who found himself being sued by Monsanto for patent infringement.
Percy was one of the last "real" farmers. Farmers use to always, of course, save seeds. Particularly from fields that did well. This is how farmers improved their crops and yield.
But the new kind of farming... GMO seeds... was taking over. Promising unimaginable yields. And - they delivered. They worked. But it came at a price, once you used their seeds... you could never use any other seed... forever. Of course, they didn't tell farmers that.
They found out the hard way.
Good movie, acting not brilliant... but good. And the story is an important one.