Seeds of Freedom
The story of seed has become one of loss, control,
dependence and debt. It’s been written by those who want to make vast
profit from our food system, no matter what the true cost. It’s time to
change the story.
A landmark film from The Gaia Foundation and the African Biodiversity Network.
Narrated by Jeremy Irons.
Seeds of Freedom charts the story of seed from its
roots at the heart of traditional, diversity rich farming systems across
the world, to being transformed into a powerful commodity, used to
monopolise the global food system.The film highlights the extent to
which the industrial agricultural system, and genetically modified (GM)
seeds in particular, has impacted on the enormous agro -biodiversity
evolved by farmers and communities around the world, since the beginning
of agriculture.
Seeds of Freedom seeks to challenge the mantra that
large-scale, industrial agriculture is the only means by which we can
feed the world, promoted by the pro-GM lobby. In tracking the story of
seed it becomes clear how corporate agenda has driven the take over of
seed in order to make vast profit and control of the food global system.
Through interviews with leading international experts such as Dr Vandana Shiva and Henk Hobbelink,
and through the voices of a number of African farmers, the film
highlights how the loss of indigenous seed goes hand in hand with loss
of biodiversity and related knowledge; the loss of cultural traditions
and practices; the loss of livelihoods; and the loss of food
sovereignty. The pressure is growing to replace the diverse,
nutritional, locally adapted and resilient seed crops which have been
bred by small-scale farmers for millenia, by monocultures of GM seed.
Alongside speakers from indigenous farming communities, the film features global experts and activists Dr Vandana Shiva of Navdanya, Henk Hobbelink of GRAIN, Zac Goldsmith MP (UK Conservative party), Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser, Kumi Naidoo of Greenpeace International, Gathuru Mburu of the African Biodiversity Network, Liz Hosken of The Gaia Foundation and Caroline Lucas MP (UK Green party).
This film is co-produced by The Gaia Foundation and the African Biodiversity Network. In collaboration with GRAIN, Navdanya International and MELCA Ethiopia .
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