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[Mr. De Schutter] If we have any doubt about how powerful this influence is
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Eating Our Way to Extinction

If we have any doubt abouthow powerful this influence is, we can recall that, for example,...

[Mr. De Schutter]
If we have any doubt about
how powerful this influence is, we can recall that, for example, when the Advisory Committee
on Dietary Guidelines in the US made recommendations
to the US government as to how dietary guidelines
should be shaped, they were blocked
by this very powerful lobby
of agribusiness interests

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[Mr. De Schutter] If we have any doubt about how powerful this influence is,
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we can recall that, for example,
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when the Advisory Committee on Dietary Guidelines in the US
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made recommendations to the US government
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as to how dietary guidelines should be shaped,
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they were blocked by this very powerful lobby of agribusiness interests.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:52
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Broxstar Productions

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Movie Summary

Globally renowned figures and the world's leading scientists open the lid on the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about: the damaging effects of factory farming.
[Kate Winslet] In 2013, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:10
[Kate Winslet] In 2013, the United Nations Food and Agricult...
The report states that livestock farming - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:10
The report states that livestock farming
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There are close ties between the research organizations - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
There are close ties between the research organizations
It's very pervasive because livestock industries - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
It's very pervasive because livestock industries
[Mr. De Schutter] The FAO report was prepared within the FAO - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:12
[Mr. De Schutter] The FAO report was prepared within the FAO
I believe that the more serious concern, of course, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:13
I believe that the more serious concern, of course,
[Mr. Wedderburn-Bisshop] Government policy in that regard - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:08
[Mr. Wedderburn-Bisshop] Government policy in that regard
[Kate Winslet] In their report, the FAO partnered up - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:20
[Kate Winslet] In their report, the FAO partnered up
In an industry worth over a trillion dollars, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:12
In an industry worth over a trillion dollars,
[Kate Winslet] There are few people that know more - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
[Kate Winslet] There are few people that know more
Dr. Earle was the first woman to become chief scientist - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:16
Dr. Earle was the first woman to become chief scientist
[Dr. Earle] When I was a child, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:22
[Dr. Earle] When I was a child,
Spotlight area I think was off the Gulf of Mexico. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:04
Spotlight area I think was off the Gulf of Mexico.
And it has simply grown over the years, an annual phenomenon. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
And it has simply grown over the years, an annual phenomenon...
It is coincident with the application - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
It is coincident with the application
[Kate Winslet] The millions of square miles, given over to growing - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:09
[Kate Winslet] The millions of square miles, given over to g...
The nitrogen runs off the fields working its way down rivers, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
The nitrogen runs off the fields working its way down rivers...
The nitrogen-rich water stimulates massive overgrowth of algae, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:11
The nitrogen-rich water stimulates massive overgrowth of alg...
The algae starve the water of oxygen, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
The algae starve the water of oxygen,