Sponsored by the Minnesota State Horticultural Society
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
6 pm Doors // 7 pm Screening
$10 MSHS Member // $12 Advance Non-Member // $15 At The Door
All Ages
Ticket Purchases are Final and Non-Refundable
When you control seed, you control life on earth.
The Seeds of Vandana Shiva tells the remarkable life story of Gandhian eco-activist Dr. Vandana Shiva: how she stood up to the corporate Goliaths of industrial agriculture, rose to prominence in the ecological food movement, and is inspiring an international crusade for change.
This special screening will be introduced by Dream of Wild Health's Jessika Greendeer and a Zoom Q&A with the film's director Jim Beket follows the screening.
About The Seeds of Vandana Shiva:
A classic David versus Goliath tale, the film shows how Vandana, a brilliant scientist, became Monsanto’s worst nightmare and a rock star of the international organic food movement.
Vandana Shiva is a modern-day revolutionary, and for forty years has been fighting a heroic battle on behalf of humanity and the ecologically besieged natural systems that support us. But she is opposed by powerful multinational corporations invested in continuing their degenerative but lucrative agricultural practices. By profiling one of the greatest activists of modern times, the film looks at the epic struggle over who controls the world’s food systems, and asks the question, who will prevail?
From the director, Jim Beket:
The more time we spent with her, and learned about her life experiences, the more we were inspired to tell her story. Her life has embodied the notion that “one person can make a difference”, and so we asked if we could capture her journey on film. She agreed. The Seeds of Vandana Shiva is the result.
Through Vandana’s evolution as an activist against the global Goliaths of food and farming, the film also aims to shine a light on where we are today—industrial food accounts for up to 40% of carbon emissions, while pesticides destroy soils, water systems and biodiversity, and harm human health. Contrary to the spin that industrial food is essential to feeding the world, today more than two billion people face food insecurity across the globe.
Vandana speaks for an ecological vision for food and farming in which we can regenerate the environment and human democracies. Our hope is that Vandana’s extraordinary story will act as a catalyst for more awareness around the issues, and to inspire audiences to be part of the change.
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Jessika Greendeer is a Ho-Chunk Nation tribal member from Baraboo, WI and a member of the Deer Clan. She is currently the Farm Director at Dream of Wild Health. Jessika is a seed caregiver, regenerative organic land steward, and master composter. She has worked as the Agricultural Division Manager for her nation and had previously served as a garden mentor within her Nation's organic community gardens. She is a U.S. Army combat veteran and completed a Veteran-to-Farmer training program at the Rodale Institute in Pennsylvania.
