Food sovereignty is the principle that people have the right to define their own food and agriculture system.Food Inc

In this Midweek Rant I'd like to recommend a documentary that is not just well made documentary but also has compelling content.

This documentary talks about the everyday dilemma of whether to buy expensive/good or cheap/crap food and how this juxtaposition has come about.

Its shows how the ordinary farmer is now a slave to the multinational companies.

The film doesn’t directly talk about organic or vegetarian ideas, but it’s putting forward the idea of farming as we did in Ireland in the 70's and how much it has changed.

We hear first hand from farmers, how heavy handed Monsanto [corporation] is breaking them one by one, and how government is biased to big producers of food and make it hard to be a small food producer.

Sometimes I have to remind myself why I should by from local producers, and this film gives good reasons why it’s for your own good you should buy from local and  small  producers.

The documentary is made for the American market but the EU is going down this road in its own way.