Currently, over three billion people worldwide suffer from malnutrition, with over one billion starving, according to a description from Icarus Films. World agriculture is feeling the impact of global warming, population urbanization trends, and an increased use of grains for biofuels.
McHenry County College’s International Studies Department next film presentation in the
Film Festival Series, “Seeds of Hunger,” examines this topic on Thursday, April 8 at 2 and 6 p.m.
Filmed in Africa, China, Latin America, and the U.S., the film examines such issues as the politics of food security and scarcity, declining food production, the impact of genetically modified foods, water shortages, famine, food aid programs, and national food production, distribution and export policies. These issues are explored through interviews with farmers, financial analysts, and food buyers and importers worldwide.
The film is free and open to the public. Audience members are invited to join the small group discussion after the film. Film festival sponsors are Medela, Northwest Herald and Sage Products, Inc.
For more information, contact Lindsay Carson, lead instructor for International Studies, at (815) 479-7723 or visit www.mchenry.edu/internationalstudies.
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