Several years ago, large-scale hog producers and their political allies in Quebec decided to branch out into international markets. But bacon, like everything else, has its price. "Bacon, the Film" asks whether we have properly measured the social and environmental impacts of this proliferation of huge hog operations. Large amounts of liquid hog manure are spread over the land each year. The soil is already showing signs of sterility. Rivers are contaminated. Water, the very symbol of life, has itself become a hazard in some communities. The situation could be spinning out of control. Abandoned by the state, citizens' groups are making their voices heard and taking back democracy. An unexpected grain of sand in a machine well oiled by neo-liberal dogma, they are fighting to keep society on a human scale.

Issued also in French under title: Bacon, le film.