Seeds of Profit

Editor's Take
The claim under examination is that six decades of industrial agriculture and standardized produce have quietly drained nutrients from everyday fruit and vegetables. The film weighs the drive toward uniform, high-yield hybrids against the hidden costs of that efficiency, combining expert analysis with a wider view of the food system. Its stance is investigative and critical, building a case about trade-offs rather than surveying farming neutrally. Viewers are best served engaging with it as an argument to be tested against other evidence.
Seeds of Profit investigates how sixty years of industrial agriculture and standardised produce have quietly stripped nutrients from the fruit and vegetables we eat. The film examines the drive toward uniform hybrids and high yields, and the trade-offs hidden in the food supply. It combines expert analysis with a wider look at how modern farming reshaped what ends up on our plates. It is an eye-opening report on the true cost of industrial food. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.
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