With this video, we go to India to learn of the Navdanya movement. It’s a movement against the genetic engineering of seeds. It also promotes farmers’ rights, organic farming and seed saving. “Navdanya has helped set up 54 community seed banks across the country, trained over 500,000 farmers in seed sovereignty, food sovereignty and sustainable agriculture over the past two decades, and helped set up the largest direct marketing, fair trade organic network in the country. Navdanya has also set up a learning center, Bija Vidyapeeth (School of the Seed) on its biodiversity conservation and organic farm in Doon Valley, Uttranchal, north India. Navdanya is actively involved in the rejuvenation of indigenous knowledge and culture. It has created awareness on the hazards of genetic engineering, defended people’s knowledge from biopiracy and food rights in the face of globalisation and climate change.”
The founder of this movement is Dr Vandana Shiva. Dr Shiva is “working on a 3 year project with the Government of Bhutan, at the invitation of the Prime Minister Jigme Thinley, advising the Government on how to achieve their objective of becoming an Organic Sovereign country (the first fully 100% organic country).”
The idea of a 100% organic country in today’s increasingly interdependent and destructive world is truly incredible and beautiful. It looks like we are on the road to a 100% organic planet. 
If you want to read more about Dr Shiva, please click here. Want to read more about the Navdanya movement, please click here.
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New Gift | Supriyo Sen from Focus Forward Films on Vimeo.
In today’s context of biological and ecological destruction caused by chemical farming, industrial agriculture and genetic engineering, the film explores the core philosophy of “Navdanya” movement ignited by Dr. Vandana Shiva who believes seed is a gift of life, heritage and continuity and saving seeds leads to conserving biodiversity, knowledge, culture and sustainability.
