Current Seed Savers film clip on Australian Channel 10

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Wild nuts harvest near Byron Bay

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Export crops and land developement India are taking the place of the crops Indian peasants need to feed their families.

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We dont believe in fruit juices. Seed Savers originator, Jude Fanton, takes you though her permaculture garden picking, processing and replanting this versatile Australian plum rich in antioxidants, particularly anthocyanin, so good for eyesight and the immune system.

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Introductory 2 mins of our production: 57min documentary on traditional diets and how they are grown and eaten in eleven countries.

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banana: every day food for some people

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Kabalitai, a Huli tribal women tells what it is like to live without a husband and grow food for her family to survive

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Good Life Quick Death was filmed in the southern highlands of Papua New Guinea in September 2006. This feast of six pigs and many chickens was prepared for Seed Savers' Network founder, Michel Fanton by the community of Waralo village.
At first we did not want to review this clip as we thought it might be too gory. However the pigs are dispatched very quickly and they live in bliss, nurtured lovingly by the women. Even our vegetarian friends do not find the pig dispatching footage distasteful.

This is in marked contrast to the life and death of pigs raised in industrialised agriculture.

Related issue:
Narrowing of the genetics of pigs globally
http://seedsavers.net/news/119 6218001_24549.jsp

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WATCH the 2 min 42 sec introduction to the 57 minutes film that we have just completed. As progress moves towards industrialisation and modernisation of farming and food processing a sad casualty is biodiversity as third world and traditional farmers are encouraged to adopt modern hybrid varieties and chemical farming techniques, often unsuited to their environment and needs. Along with this is a loss of traditional knowledge of the cultural, nutritive and medicinal uses of food plants.
This is a small clip from our upcoming documentary film highlighting how traditional farmers act as the preservers of biodiversity and traditional culture. Filmed in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, India, Sri Lanka, Umbria, Taiwan, France and Italy.
For more information go to www.seedsavers.net

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