Countering the Threat of Global Food Homogenization

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“Countering the Threat of Global Food Homogenization”

This article shows why the work we do to create landrace food crops is so critically important.

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Yes, I guess all members of the Landrace network aim at reducing their dependency from the centralized seeds systems / providers, in order to preserve / restore some capacity to produce healthy food the way we want.

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Yeah. I think the thing that originally got me interested in genetic diversity was learning about the Cavendish banana monocultures – and what happened to the Gros Michel monocultures they replaced. That was what really opened my eyes to realizing how crucially important genetic diversity is.

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This article is excellent with a lot of useful info, thanks for sharing. I’ve already read the book they mention Eating to Extinction (it’s more interesting than the title sounds… very cool book)

and just now watched the short videos they talk about. Those are located on this page

Also very compelling, I learned new things about the state of agriculture in Africa and much damage American ‘philanthrocapitalism’ is causing around the world.

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great resources! I’m putting it on my lists of things to read/watch! Thanks for sharing!

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I’m currently listening to Terra Viva by Vandana Shiva (Available through Chelsea green publishing here https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/terra-viva/ ) on that same subject. Great resource also to dig deep into this important subject. I was particularly struck by her description of the role women play in this battle. Highly recommend it.

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That looks really good, thanks for sharing. I only just learned of Vandana Shiva this year

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