•The Gaia Foundation 2012 "Seeds of Freedom" SD-4x3

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. 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 monopolize 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. This film is co-produced by The Gaia Foundation and the African Biodiversity Network. In collaboration with GRAIN, Navdanya International and MELCA Ethiopia. http://www.seedsoffreedom.info --

Phone your local public access TV station and ask them to broadcast this film to your local community. Your station can download the film in TV broadcast format from PEGMedia.org . This film is available for any Public Access TV station in the country - and world - to broadcast. Stations that use Telvue, DVDs or other media can contact 911TV1@gmail.com for instructions. -- This PEGMedia Episode - For Public Access TV Stations: http://www.pegmedia.org/index.php?q=msvr/ep/17629/detail -- More 911TV Films On PEGMedia - For Public Access TV Stations: http://www.pegmedia.org/index.php?q=msvr/showall/587/detail Tags: 911, Seeds of Freedom, the Gaia Foundation, the African Biodiversity Network, GMOs, Genetically Modified Organisms, Monsanto -- Produced: 2012, Episode: GF-SOF, -- 27:59 Category: Education -- View This Show On YouTube: https://youtu.be/BkrKh0DJk54 -- More 911TV Films On YouTube: http://youtube.com/911TVorg -- 911TV’s Blog http://Blog.911tv.org --  911TV's Website http://www.911TV.org --