More than 200 scientists, farmers and curious onlookers packed a theater on the north side of Chicago for a screening of the documentary entitled, "Food Evolution." The movie takes on critics of crops and other products improved using genetic modification. Artist David Sutherland liked what he saw on the big screen;
Sutherland has switched his stance on GMOs. He co-founded a group known as "March Against Myths," which has taken to Chicago streets in recent years to counter-protest what they call 'junk science' peddled as facts about biotech;
The Illinois Farm Families program, made up of Illinois farm and commodity groups, along with the Chicago chapter of the Institute of Food Technologists, and the Illinois Science Council, sponsored this week's movie screening. The film is expected to be shown on some college campuses and in other cities around the state in the coming weeks and months.
