Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply (Culture of the Land)

Vandana Shiva Charts The Impacts Of Globalized, Corporate Agriculture On Small Farmers, The Environment, And The Quality Of The Food We Eat. With Chapters On Genetically Engineered Seeds, Patents On Life, Mad Cows And Sacred Cows, And The Debate On Shrimp Farming, This Is An Impassioned And Inspiring Book That Will Shape The Debate About Genetic Engineering And Commercial Agriculture For Years To Come. The Hijacking Of The Global Food Supply -- Soy Imperialism And The Destruction Of Local Food Cultures -- The Stolen Harvest Under The Sea -- Mad Cows And Sacred Cows -- The Stolen Harvest Of Seed -- Genetic Engineering And Food Security -- Reclaiming Food Democracy. By Vandana Shiva. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. For The Farmer, The Seed Is Not Merely The Source Of Future Plants And Food; It Is A Vehicle Through Which Culture And History Can Be Preserved And Spread To Future Generations. For Centuries, Farmers Have Evolved Crops And Produced An Incredible Diversity Of Plants That Provide Life-sustaining Nutrition. In India Alone, The Ingenuity Of Farmers Has Produced Over 200,000 Varieties Of Rice, Many Of Which Now Line Store Shelves Around The World. This Productive Tradition, However, Is Under Attack As Globalized, Corporate Regimes Increasingly Exploit Intellectual Property Laws To Annex These Sustaining Seeds And Remove Them From The Public Sphere. In Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking Of The Global Food Supply, Shiva Explores The Devastating Effects Of Commercial Agriculture And Genetic Engineering On The Food We Eat, The Farmers Who Grow It, And The Soil That Sustains It. This Prescient Critique And Call To Action Covers Some Of The Most Pressing Topics Of This Ongoing Dialogue, From The Destruction Of Local Food Cultures And The Privatization Of Plant Life, To Unsustainable Industrial Fish Farming And Safety Concerns About Corporately Engineered Foods. The Preeminent Agricultural Activist And Scientist Of A Generation, Shiva Implores The Farmers And Consumers Of The World To Make A United Stand Against The Genetically Modified Crops And Untenable Farming Practices That Endanger The Seeds And Plants That Give Us Life. Introduction -- The Hijacking Of The Global Food Supply -- Soy Imperialism And The Destruction Of Local Food Cultures -- The Stolen Harvest Under The Sea -- Mad Cows And Sacred Cows -- The Stolen Harvest Of Seed -- Genetic Engineering And Food Security -- Reclaiming Food Democracy -- Afterword. By Vandana Shiva. Originally Published: Cambridge, Ma : South End Press, [2000]. Issued As Part Of Upcc Book Collections On Project Muse. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.

For the farmer, the seed is not merely the source of future plants and food; it is a vehicle through which culture and history can be preserved and spread to future generations. For centuries, farmers have evolved crops and produced an incredible diversity of plants that provide life-sustaining nutrition. In India alone, the ingenuity of farmers has produced over 200,000 varieties of rice, many of which now line store shelves around the world. This productive tradition, however, is under attack as globalized, corporate regimes increasingly exploit intellectual property laws to annex these sustaining seeds and remove them from the public sphere.

In Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply, Shiva explores the devastating effects of commercial agriculture and genetic engineering on the food we eat, the farmers who grow it, and the soil that sustains it. This prescient critique and call to action covers some of the most pressing topics of this ongoing dialogue, from the destruction of local food cultures and the privatization of plant life, to unsustainable industrial fish farming and safety concerns about corporately engineered foods. The preeminent agricultural activist and scientist of a generation, Shiva implores the farmers and consumers of the world to make a united stand against the genetically modified crops and untenable farming practices that endanger the seeds and plants that give us life.

Vandana Shiva charts the impacts of globalized, corporate agriculture on small farmers, the environment, and the quality of the food we eat. With chapters on genetically engineered seeds, patents on life, mad cows and sacred cows, and the debate on shrimp farming, this is an impassioned and inspiring book that will shape the debate about genetic engineering and commercial agriculture for years to come.-- Source other than Library of Congress In Stolen Harvest , Vandana Shiva describes how industrial agriculture steals food from nature and poor people. She urges us to reclaim our right to protect the earth and her diverse species. Food democracy, she says, is the new agenda for ecological sustainability and social justice.