Growing Change

from Multimedia Library Collection:
Environmental Film Profiles (videos)

Cunich, Simon. Growing Change. Australia/Venezuela: Green Planet Films, 2011. HD, 60 min. https://greenplanetstream.vhx.tv/videos/growing-change-a-journey-inside-venezuela-s-food-revolution-trailer.

In 2016, the food crisis in Venezuela is once again dire as the country struggles with economic mismanagement and collapsing oil prices. Growing Change offers a historic looks into the not to distant past within this decade, to become food secure. The film follows the filmmaker’s journey to understand why current food systems leave hundreds of millions of people in hunger. It is a journey to understand how the world will feed itself in the future in the face of major environmental challenges. (Source: Green Planet Films)

© 2011 Simon Cunich. Trailer used with permission.

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Further readings: 
  • Burke, J., et al. Climate Change, Water and Food Security. Rome: FAO, 2011.
  • Caplan, Pat. Food, Health and Identity. London: Routledge, 1997.
  • Moyo, Sam, and Paris Yeros. Reclaiming the Land: The Resurgence of Rural Movements in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. London: Zed Books, 2005.