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Video message from Dr Vandana Shiva: https://youtu.be/mdpFI_veT64

People's Assemblies for The Future of Our Food & The Future of Our Planet

We face social, economic, and ecological collapse in every corner of our world. Big Industrial Agriculture is a major contributor to this collapse.

While having destroyed 75% of our soil, water, and biodiversity, and contributed to 50% of climate change, this model, that has its roots in war, produces only 30% food.

The real food producers are our pollinators, soil organisms, and biodiversity and small farmers who - as co creators and co producers with nature - provide 70% of the food which is nourishing for the planet and people.

Monsanto has emerged as the biggest destructive force in agriculture over the last 20 years using myths of GMOS, patents, free trade and toxics to monopolise our seeds and poison our food.

This year during the Seed Freedom Call to Action from 2nd October to 16th October 2016, Navdanya will be co-organizing a Monsanto Tribunal as well as a People's Assembly in The Hague from 14 to 16th of October.

We invite you to organise People’s Assemblies, wherever you are, to reclaim our food system - Our bread and Our freedom.

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• For more details write to: info [at] seedfreedom [dot] in – ruchi [at] navdanya [dot] net

• Add your upcoming People's Assemblies, Seed Freedom actions & events to the Seed Freedom Calendar:

- Fill Event Form: http://seedfreedom.info/events/submit-your-event/

- For Events near you, visit: http://seedfreedom.info/events/

• Learn more about the Monsanto Tribunal

• Learn more about Navdanya’s campaign on Jaiv Panchayat - Living Democracy since 1999

More information on how to participate and ideas for actions coming soon at http://seedfreedom.info/campaign/call-to-action-2016/

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Further Actions for Seed Freedom

• Sign the Declaration on Seed Freedom: http://seedfreedom.info/declaration-on-seed-freedom/

• Subscribe to Seed Freedom News & Updates: http://seedfreedom.info/newsletter/

• For Organisations/Movements/Associations/Groups:

- Send us your logo with website/social media links and contact details by filling the form at this link: http://seedfreedom.info/join-the-global-movement-for-seed-freedom/

• Share your Story on how we, as people, are shaping Food Systems that produce more food, better food, more livelihoods, more meaningful work, more democracy, more freedom (photos, news stories, ground reports and videos): http://seedfreedom.info/share-your-story-your-project-your-garden-of-hope

Join Seed Freedom online: 

Website – http://seedfreedom.info
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Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/savetheseed
Facebook Event: http://bit.ly/SF2-16Oct15
YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/user/occupytheseed

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Reports quoted by Dr Vandana Shiva in the video

Report 'Monsanto the Gene Giant

The Monsanto Files – The Ecologist, 1998 (browse 1998)

The GMO Emperor has No Clothes

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