Thanks for this fantastic interview. We really need to adopt the concept of true-cost accounting and expose the real social and environmental costs of cheap food!
The first thought that comes to mind with Africa is the Gates foundation. They goal is to convert to 100% GMO Chemical based agriculture. There are at least 100 African organizations that don’t want this pushed on them. They have signed on to letters to the Gates foundation to leave them alone. When the gates Monsanto brand of agriculture gets forced on these people they will lose their traditional seeds and the culture that goes with it. The Navdana Vandana Shiva model will help them with saving their traditional seeds and practice organic and or biodynamic methods for self empowerment and food seed sovereignty. The Gates model is about profit and control, plain and simple. Instead of making these people Guinea pigs, self sovereignty and reliance should be the goal.
Thanks for this fantastic interview. We really need to adopt the concept of true-cost accounting and expose the real social and environmental costs of cheap food!
The first thought that comes to mind with Africa is the Gates foundation.
They goal is to convert to 100% GMO Chemical based agriculture.
There are at least 100 African organizations that don’t want this pushed on them. They have signed on to letters to the Gates foundation to leave them alone.
When the gates Monsanto brand of agriculture gets forced on these people they will lose their traditional seeds and the culture that goes with it.
The Navdana Vandana Shiva model will help them with saving their traditional seeds and practice organic and or biodynamic methods for self empowerment and food seed sovereignty.
The Gates model is about profit and control, plain and simple.
Instead of making these people Guinea pigs, self sovereignty and reliance should be the goal.
There are also unknown (to locals) people buying plots of lands at high prices pushing people to sell yet locals can't afford to buy