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RE: Combating Farmer Suicide With Art
Great story of hope! I've covered the suicides on farmers in India due to crop failures. It broke my heart to read the stories. It is nice to see conscious answers happening that revolve around our art. I hope these ideas take off globally.
Me too @jefferyjaxen. I saw a documentary recently about the farmer suicides in India. The rate of suicide was staggering and so very sad. The documentary I saw looked at the problems created when farmers are no longer able to save seeds the traditional way and are forced down the path of genetically modified crops.
Saving seeds has been a pillar of that keeps farming alive and thriving. The fact that the act has been prohibited/outlawed speaks to the overt authoritarian control over food producers and independent farmers. The answer? The time-honored act of Civil Disobedience. It has already happened in California. http://seedfreedom.info/civil-disobedience-against-ab2470-the-california-seed-law/