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Hungry for Profit
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Hungry for Profit

Oct 1, 1985
1h 30m
★ 0.0

Overview

Is our food bought at the price of famine in the developing world? Is agribusiness more interested in producing profits than producing food? This PBS independent documentary investigates U.S. and European agribusiness in the Third World. Filmed on five continents, it takes a close look at agribusiness, which is turning the world's food supply into a global supermarket, buying food at the lowest prices-regardless of small farmers and local populations-and selling it at the highest price and the greatest profit whenever possible.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Richter Productions
New Day Films

Cast

Robert Richter

Narrator

Robert Richter

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