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Seeds of Freedom – A landmark film from The Gaia Foundation and the African Biodiversity Network

First published on 06/30/2012, and last updated on 06/19/2017

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.

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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. Click here to watch the film.

The Gaia Foundation and the African Biodiversity Network are consortium members.