Comments on: ‘Bitter Seeds’: The Effect of GMOs on India’s Farmers

By: katherine leiner

katherine leiner — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:15:42 +0000

Bitter Seeds is directed by Micha Peled and produced by Teddy Bear Films: Here is all the info on them
Address: 2670 Leavenworth Street #F
San Francisco, CA 94133
Phone: 415-348-1796

email:teddybearfilms@earthlink.net

Talk to Micha Peled and I am sure he will put you in touch with the farmer.

By: brian

brian — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:22:58 +0000

Can anyone tell me how to locate and comunicate eith Mr.Krishna,or maybe a family member? i myself have been in a similar situation,and now its my turn to help someone.all i need is an adress or maybe contact info for him my email is brianbrau6250@gmail.com. or replyon this coment board please once again,thank you very much and i realy hope somone can help me find him soon.

By: brian

brian — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:09:00 +0000

I would realy love to contribute to Mr.Ram Krishna’s farming money lender. if anyone can email me wit a way to contact Mr.Krishna i would be very greatfull. thank you so much.

By: Marie Gewirtz

Marie Gewirtz — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:09:16 +0000

Thank you Katherine for raising your voice about this critical issue and for encouraging all of us to do the same. It’s truly shocking that in a country where freedom and independence are so highly valued that around this important issue of food labeling, we are not given the information to make informed choices. So many people in America are truly in the dark about the serious and long reaching consequences of GMOs…

By: Katherine Leiner

Katherine Leiner — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:45:20 +0000

Thank you so much for your comment, Carla. Vandana Shiva has been a voice in the dark for years with regard to GMOs and other food issues. Shiva is mentioned all through the movie, Bitter Seeds. What I liked most about the film was the “show” rather than the “tell” of the horrendous damage that GMO seeds are doing to the lives of the small farmer. Here in the U.S. we are steps away from this with our own small farms. Let’s see what happens in California, it’s a first step. And when you see the film, let me know what You think. Thanks again. Your voice is important in this movement!!!

By: Carla Capalbo

Carla Capalbo — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:41:42 +0000

I’m glad these issues are being aired in the US too. The originator both of this research and the activism to combat the OGM presence in India is Dr. Vandana Shiva who has devoted decades to chronicling and fighting these issues. Her important books include ‘Seeds of Suicide’ which must have been a direct influence on this film (which I have not yet seen). Anyone interested in these issues should definitely check out her website, books, seed charter (drawn up with Slow Food) and articles. She is a giant of an activist and also won the huge battle in India against the multinationals when they patented basmati rice (and herein lies another massive subject)…She is an inspiring and dynamic force in this sector!
here is one of her sites: http://www.navdanya.org/

By: Beverly

Beverly — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 01:09:57 +0000

The HOPE FULL piece in this sinister plot of profit/greed/and profane disregard for quality of Life, is that writers like Katherine Leiner are a VOICE for the unseen who suffer the consequences of manipulation-for-profit industries. ANd, well, while we are at it, she speaks for ALL of us. THANK YOU.

Let us regard our food as if it all were an infant’s first taste of the world. See each morsel as if an infant would be receiving it. Realize that this first rite of passage into what we give from this Earth to each new being be nothing but the purest, and best, and most positively-future oriented product we can possibly gift.

When we achieve that for all people, THEN people will have integrated themselves responsibly with the profound natural beauty we have on this wondrous Earth.

KUDOS, Ms. Leiner. What is your next book about????????????????????? I have read Growing Roots and seek your work out.
Beverly,
Colorado

By: Doug Capelin

Doug Capelin — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:30:10 +0000

Thank you for this lucid commentary on this all-so-important message that is slowly, and hopefully surely, surfacing in our collective consciousness. There is a “dark side” to the GMO revolution that is alarming and, ultimately, devastating for all of us.

By: Lynn Small

Lynn Small — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:33:54 +0000

Love your passion!

By: katherine leiner

katherine leiner — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:57:02 +0000

Once again, thanks for commenting. Being part of this important conversation is the only real power we have. We can’t be too political about this or anything that has to do with what we eat.