Jack Kloppenburg

Jack Kloppenburg, Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and founder of the Open Source Seed Initiative, discusses the critical importance of seed-sharing in agriculture. He highlights the shift from communal seed resources to proprietary ownership by large biotech firms. Kloppenburg draws parallels to the open-source software movement, advocating for collaboration to promote biodiversity. He addresses the urgent need for community-centered approaches to ensure food sovereignty, especially among indigenous groups, while combating corporate monopolization in agriculture.