A Seed Shat with Bill McDorman

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In This Podcast: In this month's Seed Chat Greg Peterson and Bill McDorman discuss the pressing issue of seed sovereignty in the age of corporate control. They highlight the growing dominance of a few corporations over the global seed supply, which has resulted in decreased biodiversity and increased farmer dependency. The conversation covers the importance of local seed libraries, open-source seed models, and the traditional practice of saving and sharing seeds as pathways to food freedom. Additionally, they emphasize the detrimental impact of capitalism on biodiversity, discuss historical and legal contexts like the Diamond vs. Chakrabarty Supreme Court decision, and introduce various resources and organizations working to combat corporate control in agriculture, such as the ETC group and Seed Library Network. Practical advice for listeners includes growing a diverse range of seeds, starting or joining seed libraries, and engaging in community-driven agricultural initiatives.

List of mentioned resources:

· First The Seed, the Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology. https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/F/First-the-Seed

· Shattering by Pat Mooney and Carrie Fowler

· https://SeedupInABox.com

· https://GreatAmericanSeedUp.org

· Diamond Vs Chakbarty - https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/447/303/

· Liberate Diversity - https://liberatediversity.org

· There’s an ongoing international survey hosted by Let’s Liberate Diversity https://seeds.ifoam.bio/seed-network-survey

· First the Seed: The Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology, Jack Ralph Kloppenburg, Jr.

https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/F/First-the-Seed2

· Consolidation in the Seed Industry - https://philhoward.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/seed2022.png

· Seeds & Genetic Diversity - https://www.etcgroup.org/issues/seeds-genetic-diversity

· ETC Group- https://www.etcgroup.org/issues/corporate-monopolies

· Going to Seed - https://goingtoseed.org/

· Adaptation Gardening - https://goingtoseed.org/products/1406309

· Seed Library Network -