In India's Golden Temple, the volunteer-run kitchens feed around 100,000 people every day. Based on a culture of sharing, it operates in stark contrast to the for-profit commercial food system. A short film by Jason Taylor.
What should be the right dynamic between farmers
and consumers in maintaining agricultural diversity, self-reliance, and food
grown with locally-sourced seeds? A sixty minute video presentation by Dr. Vandana Shiva.
The Power of Community shows how Cubans have adapted to limited energy resources and the long standing US embargo by reverting to organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. A leading example of the value of small scale agriculture.
A conversation with
Raj Patel, author of "Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food
System", on the global food crisis, the breakout of food riots across many developing countries, and the long-term structural crisis in the international food system.
51min 33sec, a lecture of Vandana Shiva, one of the world's most powerful voices for global environmental justice and cultural and ecological diversity.