The Future of Food

We know where Kurt Cobain’s money goes, but what about the royalties from Jerry Garcia ties and Grateful Dead compilations? A chunk of it helped make this documentary by Garcia’s widow, Deborah Koons Garcia. In looking at the political and corporate forces that shape what we eat, The Future of Food may lack the gross-out power of Fast Food Nation and the dark comedy of Super Size Me–but it tells a thoroughly researched and beautifully filmed story of how genetically modified foods slipped into our diets almost without notice (an estimated sixty percent of processed foods now contain GMOs). It also offers an eye-opening look at how large-scale agriculture’s GMOs are affecting small farmers and the greater ecosystem. 10 Church St. S.E., Minneapolis; 612-627-4430; www.bellmuseum.org; www.mnfilmarts.org