
Animal Pharm: Food For Thought
Genetic engineering has moved from the lab into the barnyard, and this film looks at what happens when livestock become biotechnology platforms rather than just food. Scientists and industry figures explain how animals such as goats, pigs, and chickens are altered to grow faster, resist disease, or produce pharmaceutical compounds in their milk and eggs. Farmers and researchers weigh in on the promise, more efficient food production and cheaper drug manufacturing, against the unease of consumers who worry about unintended consequences for health and the environment. The film moves between farms, laboratories, and regulatory hearings, letting proponents make their case for engineered animals as the future of agriculture while critics raise questions about long-term safety and corporate control of the food supply. It stays close to the practical stakes: what ends up on dinner plates, and who decides.