The film says that more than 90 percent of the soybeans grown in the United States in 2008 contain patented genes that Monsanto owns. This "Roundup Ready" genetically modified soybean is resistant to the herbicide Roundup that Monsanto also owns. Roundup is the number one selling herbicide worldwide.

Soybeans aren't the only genetically modified organism, or GMO. Schlosser says that 70 percent of the food in our supermarkets have some genetically modified ingredients.

But again, let's not rush to blame Monsanto, a company doing only what we set up companies to do. In 1980 our United States Supreme Court made a decision that many of us still think is a travesty of justice.

Before 1980 life forms were considered a part of nature and were not patentable.  Diamond v. Chakrabarty changed this with the 5 to 4 U.S. Supreme Court decision that genetically modified bacteria were patentable because they did not occur naturally. The Supreme Court explicitly stated that, "A live, human-made micro-organism is patentable subject matter under [Title 35 U.S.C.] 101."

This film is 94 minutes well worth watching. You can check out the film's trailer on its official website.

After watching the film, you may well become a vegetarian. At a minimum I would be surprised if you would ever buy any beef that wasn't grass-fed or any chickens that weren't organic.

In fact, Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan, director Robert Kenner, and I continue to eat meat. Carefully.