SEED: The Untold Story
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SEED: The Untold Story
As many irreplaceable seeds near extinction, SEED reveals the harrowing and heartening story of passionate seed keepers as they wage a David and Goliath battle against chemical seed companies, defending a 12,000 year food legacy
Year: 2016
Duration: 94 minutes
Genre: Documentary
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Producer: TAGGART SIEGEL, JON BETZ, MARISA TOMEI, MARC TURTLETAUB & PHIL FAIRCLOUGH
Director: TAGGART SIEGEL, JON BETZ
Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds. Worshipped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. SEED: The
Untold Story follows passionate seed keepers
protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. In
the last century, 94% of our seed varieties
have disappeared. As biotech chemical
companies control the majority of our seeds,
farmers, scientists, lawyers, and indigenous
seed keepers fight a David and Goliath battle
to defend the future of our food. In a
harrowing and heartening story, these
reluctant heroes rekindle a lost connection to
our most treasured resource and revive a
culture connected to seeds. SEED features
Vandana Shiva, Dr. Jane Goodall, Andrew
Kimbrell, Winona Laduke and Raj Patel.