Seeds of Freedom: Talking Heads Extended Interviews

In this interview you will learn: How certain big companies have taken over the seed business What the concern is around GMOs The problem with “terminator technology” The politics behind the farming of seeds How to make a stand against GMO crops

In this interview you will learn: About the seed conservation methods of “gene banking “ and “on farm diversity” The imbalance of diversity methods created by GMO corporations. About the complex nature of local farmer-led plant breeding The difference between the traditional seed selection process used by farmers and industrial plant breeding.

In this interview you will learn: What has resulted from the great loss of seed diversity over the last 50 years How big corporations are controlling seeds in order to increase their profits The new methods of farming which are being developed today How communities are fighting back against big agricultural corporations

In this interview you will learn: How the industrial approach to agriculture changed the way in which we farm The way in which big corporations have manipulated seeds in order to create farmer dependency Why the agri-business approach does not allow for sustainable and efficient farming The future agricultural challenges that will arise with climate change

In this interview you will learn: The factors that combined to change agriculture in the 50s and 60s How multinational pesticide companies started taking over family seed companies About the development of the “Green Revolution” and growing concern for agricultural diversity What must be done in order to keep up with a growing population and world hunger

In this interview you will learn: The role of women in the management of agriculture and the cultivation of crops The knowledge required to efficiently and productively use cultivated crops What the “domestic sphere” is, what it consists of, and why it often remains “invisible” How pressure to “modernize” agriculture has led to the decrease of consumption of indigenous crops in Africa