The green revolution was driven for selling leftover water chemicals. The soil was declared empty and empty container for holding the nitrogen fertilizers. I've just had a compliment because the United Nations visited women being greeted me for my birthday, which was a few days ago. And they're telling me I'm responsible for exactly 50% of hunger deaths of the world. So in the ecological alternative to the green revolution is what flourishes. That's what I have been doing since 84.
Today, ecology activist and regenerative agriculture advocate Vandana Shiva joins me to discuss how her lifetime of work has shaped the way she sees the world. From chaining herself to trees to winning against powerful agriculture giants like Monsanto, Vandana shares the many lessons she’s learned in fighting for food systems that are better for the Earth and better for humans. Can we shift away from fossil input intensive agriculture that produces commodities lacking in full nutrients towards one with more labor, more community and more nutritious food?
About Vandana Shiva:
Vandana Shiva is a well known activist, author of many books, and is a global champion on regenerative local agriculture, biodiversity and nutritious food. She has a PhD in physics and 40 years ago founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, an independent research institute that works on the most significant ecological problems of our times.
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