Vandana Shiva Questions Seed Patents

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Nov. 03, 2012 Food & Drink

Vandana Shiva is a trained physicist turned environmental activist. She started the organization Navdanya to fight against seed patents and to support organic farming and free trade. You can learn more about her fight against seed patents at her website, Seed Freedom.

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Host:

Evan Kleiman

Producers:

Gillian Ferguson, Laryl Garcia, Sarah Rogozen, Harriet Ells, Gideon Brower

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