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Thakur Das, 62, sifts through unhusked grains of basmati on the terrace of his two-storeyed house on the outskirts of Dehradun. The floor of the terrace is a carpet of gold—his rice harvest spread out to dry in the crisp September sun. Das’ basmati is special. It’s grown from indigenous......
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Vandana Shiva explains to the Ecologist how the global anti-GM food movement resonates with the Occupy Wall Street protests
Rosie Spinks: Tell us about Navdanya's new report? What is the main message you want to get across about GM food?
Report finds genetically modified crops fail to increase yields let alone solve hunger, soil erosion and chemical-use issues
Genetic engineering has failed to increase the yield of any food crop but has vastly increased the use of chemicals and the growth of "superweeds", according to a report by 20 Indian,......
Read more: GM crops promote superweeds, food insecurity and pesticides, say NGOs
LEARNING FROM NATURE REMEMBERING TAGORE
India International Center, New Delhi
1st October, 2011
That lays the corners of its garments
And waits for us.
Life rears itself from her breast,
Flowers bloom from her smiles
Her call is the sweetest music;
Her lap stretches from one corner to the other,
She controls the......
We are in a food emergency. Speculation and diversion of food to biofuel has contributed to an uncontrolled price rise, adding more to the billion already denied their right to food. Industrial agriculture is pushing species to extinction through the use of toxic chemicals that kill our bees and butterflies,......
Read more: Resisting the Corporate Theft of Seeds
Bitter Seeds
Film Festival Reviews
By Peter Debruge
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117945978/
(A Teddy Bear Films and Independent Television Service (ITVS) production with funding from Corp. for Public Broadcasting. Executive producer, Sally Jo Fifer. Produced, directed, written by Micha X. Peled. With: Manjusha Amberwar, Ram Krishna Kopulnar, Vinayah Shaghai, Gyanandra Shukla, Madhau Shande,......
Read more: Bitter Seeds- Exposes Monsanto's Farmers Genocide in India
As all of you know, the protesting farmers from Gorakhpur & other villages are continously sitting in protest -- from August 17, 2010 -- to stop the proposed Gorakhpur Nuclear Power plant in Fatehabad district of Haryana. Two elderly farmers had died earlier due to the severe cold last winter......
Read more: Protest against Gorakhpur Nuclear Power
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