You’ve probably read headlines or heard stories about Colorado River water being exported from the arid Southwest to countries worldwide.
It happens in the form of hay grown using that water.
Stories like that are at the heart of a documentary coming out on October 10 on Hulu. It’s called The Grab, written and directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite.
She also made Blackfish, the 2013 documentary about orcas that completely changed the way the whales are captured and kept.
The Grab features the work of Nathan Halverson, a senior reporter and producer at the Center for Investigative Reporting. Halverson uncovered the Chinese government’s role in making sure a quarter of pigs raised in America go to China.
It led him on an eight-year journey from Zambia to Ukraine and Arizona, looking at the global food market — and who controls the land and water needed to meet demand.
Guests: Gabriela Cowperthwaite, writer and director, The Grab; Nathan Halverson, senior reporter and producer, Center for Investigative Reporting
