Dr. Vandana Shiva: "Why We Need an Organic Future" (NOFA-VT 2017 Keynote Address)

[@leonardmccannon3136]

The whole world should be listening to this lecture and absorbing the key lessons. Send this to everyone you can.

[@joshme3659]

Sri Lanka listened

[@JesseReza-g4l]

every human being on earth since every world is a personal mental ideology.

[@GlobalProvenResults]

I truly honor her and her contribution to the world.

[@popeyegordon]

Many informed people are revolted by the malicious lie being spread by that professional fraud Vandana Shiva. There is no specific connection between GMOs and Indian farmer suicides. Even the Indian press resents the implications. Here are reliable sources dispelling the myth: purushatma.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/vandana-shiva-the-pseudoscientific-feminist-fraud/ gmo.geneticliteracyproject.org/FAQ/are-gmos-to-blame-for-the-mass-suicides-of-indian-farmers/ Myles Power video about Shiva fraud: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5i5Y3ecfa6Uqtk news.nationalpost.com/news/the-myth-of-indias-gm-genocide-genetically-modified-cotton-blamed-for-wave-of-farmer-suicides geneticliteracyproject.org/2014/07/17/anti-gmo-activist-vandana-shiva-earns-40000-per-speech-advocating-policies-that-harm-poor/ Detailed statistics on the actual causes of Indian farmer suicides - GMO seed is not even on the list: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers%27_suicides_in_India

[@indian.patterns]

🌻

[@newfreenayshaun6651]

Shes not done yet, get up and help us please.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

She’s the most AMAZING woman changing the planet for the better! 🙏🏼♥️💕 Thank you for posting this great talk! I recently saw she was here at Harvard’s Women in Design week on March 5, 2020! No masks in that auditorium! What a fabulous speaker!

[@indian.patterns]

True 💕🌻

[@xikano8573]

100! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@Sketcher86]

@Dennis Maron They don't know how to handle real seeds..the way they grow food is unethical. So stop convincing us that your evil seeds of corporate greeds are better seeds of life.

[@kathrynwells5936]

She's wonderful. Nature is wonderful. U & ! Are wonderful if we stay

[@kathrynwells5936]

NATURAL

[@SalahAden13]

his woman is completely right, i love every word is coming out of her mouth.

[@popeyegordon]

She's a fraud. Miles Power wrecks Shiva's fraud in his video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5i5Y3ecfa6Uqtk

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Salah Aden Same here! So happy she visits here! She’s such an inspiring lady!

[@popeyegordon]

@@vannilla1327 I systematically prove that every word from Shiva's mouth is a lie. I offer no personal opinions while doing this effectively. Shiva is the enemy of all real farmers and she never meets or talks with them. She is a professional fraud repeating debunked conspiracy theories for $40,000 per lecture. I work for moral values in social media. I retired 7 years ago.

[@popeyegordon]

@@vannilla1327 I do not disappear under any circumstances. That is a stupid lie. I have posted over 120,000 comments in defense of our honest hard working farmers and crop scientists. See for yourself what 39 top scientists say in their open letter to Shiva: Shiva has attracted intense criticism from the scientific community for perpetuating long-debunked myths about agriculture, biotechnology and food safety. "Shiva is scheduled to speak in late January at Stanford University and the University of California, Santa Cruz on “equitable and sustainable” farming methods. Her positions on a variety of issues have irked and at times outraged scientists who consider her a disseminator of misinformation who profits at the rate of $40,000 a lecture (or more) to spread propaganda critical of mainstream views of biotechnology. Raised in prosperity, this Indian Brahmin was formally trained as a philosopher, embracing and promoting a form of Quantum Theory that is now widely dismissed. She often falsely claims that she is a trained physicist, and those false ‘scientific’ credentials are often echoed by her supporters. The GLP has carried numerous articles about her history of misstatements and fabrications (here, here, here). She was the subject of a scathing critique, “Seeds of Doubt,” by Michael Specter of The New Yorker, which documented her history of misleading claims and what Specter maintained often verged on anti-science gibberish. For more than three decades, she has relentlessly campaigned against globalization, focusing on food and agriculture socio-economic issues and an opposition to GMOs, free trade and intellectual property rights. She alternately promotes land redistribution, indigenous and peasant farmers’ rights, organic-only food production and ayurvedic health practices over conventional medicines, all of which she characterizes as an “earth democracy” movement necessary to restore “harmony,” people and nature. Shiva receives financial backing from high-profile activist groups such as the Center for Food Safety, which shares offices with her in Washington. Among her most controversial talking points is her false claim that there was no hunger in India prior to the Green Revolution. The truth is almost 180 degrees the opposite, as the Green Revolution, marked in part by the introduction of synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides enable massive increases in food production. A recent review of the evidence shows, “the production of cereal crops tripled during this period, with only a 30% increase in land area cultivated.” Shiva also blames the Green Revolution for increasing poverty, indebtedness and despair among farmers. Her notorious allegation that the introduction of insect-resistant GMO crops in India led many farmers to commit suicide has been evaluated and dismissed as inaccurate. Shiva is also a fierce opponent of so-called Golden Rice, a crop engineered to combat vitamin A deficiency in developing countries. In response to the scheduling of her two talks at Stanford and UC Santa Cruz, 39 scientists from around the world co-authored an open letter to both universities protesting the invitations. The signatories told the GLP that their aim is to alert the events’ organizers, participants and attendees to the numerous falsehoods in Shiva’s philosophy. The letter, reproduced below in full, blasts Shiva for her “use of anti-scientific rhetoric to support unethical positions.” Neither university has scheduled a scientist to present the evidence-based case for crop biotechnology." geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/01/14/39-biotech-experts-open-letter-protests-anti-gmo-activist-vandana-shivas-anti-science-talks-at-stanford-and-uc-santa-cruz/

[@popeyegordon]

@@vannilla1327 I would never question truth, that is what you do exclusively when you believe a lying fraud. Many informed people are revolted by the malicious lie being spread by that professional fraud Vandana Shiva. There is no specific connection between GMOs and Indian farmer suicides. Even the Indian press resents the implications. Here are reliable sources dispelling the myth: purushatma.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/vandana-shiva-the-pseudoscientific-feminist-fraud/ gmo.geneticliteracyproject.org/FAQ/are-gmos-to-blame-for-the-mass-suicides-of-indian-farmers/ Myles Power video about Shiva fraud: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5i5Y3ecfa6Uqtk news.nationalpost.com/news/the-myth-of-indias-gm-genocide-genetically-modified-cotton-blamed-for-wave-of-farmer-suicides geneticliteracyproject.org/2014/07/17/anti-gmo-activist-vandana-shiva-earns-40000-per-speech-advocating-policies-that-harm-poor/ Detailed statistics on the actual causes of Indian farmer suicides - GMO seed is not even on the list: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers%27_suicides_in_India

[@misedashi]

What an awesome and brilliant woman.

[@indian.patterns]

💕

[@newfreenayshaun6651]

Share this again! People need to know, amd we need to fight youtube algorithms!

[@community1854]

Just found her. Cannot believe what a brilliant leader she is!

[@JesseReza-g4l]

a great humane Being.

[@normabussey2254]

She is a brilliant, humble, beautiful warrior against the evil poisoning perpetrators of this world. Stand up everyone ❤️🙏🇨🇦

[@AntonioGarmsci-cy5vt]

Capitalism is the crisis!!!!

[@popeyegordon]

Shiva has attracted intense criticism from the scientific community for perpetuating long-debunked myths about agriculture, biotechnology and food safety. "Shiva is scheduled to speak in late January at Stanford University and the University of California, Santa Cruz on “equitable and sustainable” farming methods. Her positions on a variety of issues have irked and at times outraged scientists who consider her a disseminator of misinformation who profits at the rate of $40,000 a lecture (or more) to spread propaganda critical of mainstream views of biotechnology. Raised in prosperity, this Indian Brahmin was formally trained as a philosopher, embracing and promoting a form of Quantum Theory that is now widely dismissed. She often falsely claims that she is a trained physicist, and those false ‘scientific’ credentials are often echoed by her supporters. The GLP has carried numerous articles about her history of misstatements and fabrications (here, here, here). She was the subject of a scathing critique, “Seeds of Doubt,” by Michael Specter of The New Yorker, which documented her history of misleading claims and what Specter maintained often verged on anti-science gibberish. For more than three decades, she has relentlessly campaigned against globalization, focusing on food and agriculture socio-economic issues and an opposition to GMOs, free trade and intellectual property rights. She alternately promotes land redistribution, indigenous and peasant farmers’ rights, organic-only food production and ayurvedic health practices over conventional medicines, all of which she characterizes as an “earth democracy” movement necessary to restore “harmony,” people and nature. Shiva receives financial backing from high-profile activist groups such as the Center for Food Safety, which shares offices with her in Washington. Among her most controversial talking points is her false claim that there was no hunger in India prior to the Green Revolution. The truth is almost 180 degrees the opposite, as the Green Revolution, marked in part by the introduction of synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides enable massive increases in food production. A recent review of the evidence shows, “the production of cereal crops tripled during this period, with only a 30% increase in land area cultivated.” Shiva also blames the Green Revolution for increasing poverty, indebtedness and despair among farmers. Her notorious allegation that the introduction of insect-resistant GMO crops in India led many farmers to commit suicide has been evaluated and dismissed as inaccurate. Shiva is also a fierce opponent of so-called Golden Rice, a crop engineered to combat vitamin A deficiency in developing countries. In response to the scheduling of her two talks at Stanford and UC Santa Cruz, 39 scientists from around the world co-authored an open letter to both universities protesting the invitations. The signatories told the GLP that their aim is to alert the events’ organizers, participants and attendees to the numerous falsehoods in Shiva’s philosophy. The letter, reproduced below in full, blasts Shiva for her “use of anti-scientific rhetoric to support unethical positions.” Neither university has scheduled a scientist to present the evidence-based case for crop biotechnology." geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/01/14/39-biotech-experts-open-letter-protests-anti-gmo-activist-vandana-shivas-anti-science-talks-at-stanford-and-uc-santa-cruz/

[@sonali10380]

@@popeyegordon why would these companies want to sell their products in India. We don't need our farmers are producing nice verities by selective breeding though it takes many years for them to do so. We are happy with our seeds, we don't want India to be market of such money hungry corporations. They should do in their country not in our land.

[@theresamcmullen4841]

Popeye Gordon you’re long wind is the expression of little sucker roots on the fake food industry. The fact that you used that much thought effort is testament to your personal need for these truths not to be believed. I trust you know your kind is as it should be afloat in your own cesspool. We’re going to get a stick and push you all under. Dr.Shiva is our own, good human infectious knowledge seed. We must plant her wisdom in our souls, and spread it liberally all over the lands of earth. The oceans need us even as much or more. We must attend life.

[@popeyegordon]

@@theresamcmullen4841 All food is real because any substance that can be digested is real food, by definition. Truths my ass!!! You are so poorly educated you don't know the difference between you're and your!! "While I appreciate Vandana Shiva’s passion for the environment and crop diversity, most of her claims have been readily debunked. Her campaigns are subsidized by millions of dollars of contributions by organic food companies to spread lies about conventional agriculture to push an agenda. In my opinion, it is admirable if someone chooses to be an organic farmer-there are many ways to address food security issues as long as we promote cooperation and coexistence-but there is something wrong with lying to people for profit, such as her debunked claims that GMOs are vandanashiva1-1provoking Indian farmers to commit suicide. [Read GLP GMO FAQ addressing Shiva’s accusation]. She doesn’t back up her claims with reputable evidence and what she claims about conventional agriculture isn’t backed by science. Needless to say, a huge percentage of what came out of Shiva’s mouth was myths and misrepresentations. She spent a lot of time tearing into Norman Borlaug, the scientist and ‘father of the Green Revolution-he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal before his death-and is credited with saving hundreds of millions of lives, and accused farmers of being “the last caretakers of the land.” Seriously? Who does that? Shiva is no friend to modern farmers or technology. Her misinformation was appalling and needless to say I was not impressed. It was painful to sit through her nonsense, and the whole time I was wondering if she has ever even ridden in a combine or ever been to a large scale farm a day in her life. While she railed against “industrial, chemically intensive agriculture,” I wish she knew that farmers today are using less toxic chemicals than ever before. When complaining about soil and water quality, I wish she would connect with us and learn that farmers enroll in conservation programs and are the ultimate stewards of the land. Organic and conventional farms have a lot in common: both types of farms may or may not use chemicals, both types can do conservation methods like soil testing, crop rotation, cover crops, etc. This is not the agenda she had though. Apparently only organic farmers are concerned about sustainability, which couldn’t be further from the truth. Shiva also shared the myth that GMOs kill bees, all while completely ignoring the fact that GMOs eliminate our need to spray insecticides, which helps beneficial insects. GMOs cause suicides, Monsanto is trying to poison everyone, monocultures! Patents! Seed saving! The list of myths goes on. The reality is that farmers have hundreds of seed companies to choose from, all different types of crops can have patents including organic, and today’s farmers don’t want to save seeds. My head was spinning with how disconnected she is to modern farming and how much she really doesn’t understand our industry, while she gets paid to talk about this with no formal training or educational background in agriculture. Say what, now? But there was hope! I was happy to know that there was a Q&A afterwards and I wasn’t going to sit back and let Shiva’s false accusations go without saying something. I encouraged everyone to connect with us as farmers. I took issue with her referring to pesticides as “poison,” as organic production uses pesticides too, and they are sometimes more toxic and more frequently used than the chemicals used by non-organic farmers. By her definition ALL food would be poison, but as any scientist would tell you, it’s the dose that makes the poison. I mentioned that when we spray the herbicide glyphosate (Monsanto’s Roundup) on our fields it is at a rate of 22 ounces per acre, which is less than 2 soda cans over an area of land the size of a football field. We only spray two days out of an entire year. Simply said, the food conventional farmers grow is not scary. It’s thanks to biotechnology that we are using less chemicals than ever before and no longer having to spray insecticides, which HELPS beneficial insects like bees, and does not hurt them as she misleadingly claimed. Our farm holds the award for “Iowa farmers of the year” in soil and water conservation because, as a result of modern technology including the use of genetically modified seeds, we use no till, cover crops and crop rotation. Biotechnology is doing great things for farmers and allows us to grow more food on less land while using less water, fuel, and inputs. Shiva gave me the stink eye but didn’t say a word while I was speaking, other than “thanks.” I really didn’t know what to expect from the crowd, but surprisingly, I was applauded! After I left I was approached by a group of people who thanked me. They said “You did a great job. I applaud your bravery. We appreciate hearing multiple sides of a story. You are welcome here,” etc. It was great. I was also approached by a security guard who wanted me to be aware that he would be following me around a bit to ensure my safety in case anyone tried to cause trouble. He even walked me to my car so that was nice. Surprisingly, not a single hater. None. I want to share this story to encourage you all to stand up for the truth. For farmers, agronomists, scientists, etc speaking up HAS to be a part of our job description nowadays. We are the experts, we are the ones that have the most education and firsthand expertise on the topic. Don’t let misinformed activists tell our stories and don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone. A situation that looks intimidating could be the best opportunity to educate. If we all do our part to advocate for science and agriculture, we CAN make a difference." geneticliteracyproject.org/2016/11/21/iowa-farmer-challenges-activist-vandana-shiva-myth-filled-anti-gmo-lecture/

[@grapess3783]

Extraordinary speech to the world..... every one should listen....i loved this video ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤she is goddess.... people should think and wake up... thank you

[@jonyfranc4509]

Salute you Amma - lots to learn from you !!

[@stephenvanwijk9669]

Jony Franc Amma of the world.

[@carlosuter3341]

True freedom comes from how we grow our food and treat the other animals. Agriculture is the coevolution of human beings with the earth, an expression of reciprocal love.

[@mandardilipphatak]

for most agricultural practices, some existing vegetation needs to be cleared. but we forget how detrimental that it itself is.

[@popeyegordon]

All farming is invasive to nature. All humans are omnivores.

[@JIALINN]

the poor poor animals; people believe they must eat sentient beings

[@popeyegordon]

@@JIALINN Not a belief, a biological fact backed by millions of years of evolution. We are omnivores, period.

[@mac2658]

You're an idiot

[@chrisreilly336]

Omg she is saying so much of what I spent a lot of money to learn the hard way as a farmer. We were organic in the end and planted land that had been mined for 50 years back to grass

[@popeyegordon]

Shiva has attracted intense criticism from the scientific community for perpetuating long-debunked myths about agriculture, biotechnology and food safety. "Shiva is scheduled to speak in late January at Stanford University and the University of California, Santa Cruz on “equitable and sustainable” farming methods. Her positions on a variety of issues have irked and at times outraged scientists who consider her a disseminator of misinformation who profits at the rate of $40,000 a lecture (or more) to spread propaganda critical of mainstream views of biotechnology. Raised in prosperity, this Indian Brahmin was formally trained as a philosopher, embracing and promoting a form of Quantum Theory that is now widely dismissed. She often falsely claims that she is a trained physicist, and those false ‘scientific’ credentials are often echoed by her supporters. The GLP has carried numerous articles about her history of misstatements and fabrications (here, here, here). She was the subject of a scathing critique, “Seeds of Doubt,” by Michael Specter of The New Yorker, which documented her history of misleading claims and what Specter maintained often verged on anti-science gibberish. For more than three decades, she has relentlessly campaigned against globalization, focusing on food and agriculture socio-economic issues and an opposition to GMOs, free trade and intellectual property rights. She alternately promotes land redistribution, indigenous and peasant farmers’ rights, organic-only food production and ayurvedic health practices over conventional medicines, all of which she characterizes as an “earth democracy” movement necessary to restore “harmony,” people and nature. Shiva receives financial backing from high-profile activist groups such as the Center for Food Safety, which shares offices with her in Washington. Among her most controversial talking points is her false claim that there was no hunger in India prior to the Green Revolution. The truth is almost 180 degrees the opposite, as the Green Revolution, marked in part by the introduction of synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides enable massive increases in food production. A recent review of the evidence shows, “the production of cereal crops tripled during this period, with only a 30% increase in land area cultivated.” Shiva also blames the Green Revolution for increasing poverty, indebtedness and despair among farmers. Her notorious allegation that the introduction of insect-resistant GMO crops in India led many farmers to commit suicide has been evaluated and dismissed as inaccurate. Shiva is also a fierce opponent of so-called Golden Rice, a crop engineered to combat vitamin A deficiency in developing countries. In response to the scheduling of her two talks at Stanford and UC Santa Cruz, 39 scientists from around the world co-authored an open letter to both universities protesting the invitations. The signatories told the GLP that their aim is to alert the events’ organizers, participants and attendees to the numerous falsehoods in Shiva’s philosophy. The letter, reproduced below in full, blasts Shiva for her “use of anti-scientific rhetoric to support unethical positions.” Neither university has scheduled a scientist to present the evidence-based case for crop biotechnology." geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/01/14/39-biotech-experts-open-letter-protests-anti-gmo-activist-vandana-shivas-anti-science-talks-at-stanford-and-uc-santa-cruz/

[@aneeshprasobhan]

@@popeyegordon looks like a copy pasta... You do know that a lot of powerful multinational corporations are against her right ? So take all these info from everyone with a spec of salt.

[@popeyegordon]

@@aneeshprasobhan I win all debates here precisely because my 'copy pasta' is so very precise and humiliating to you liars. My copy CAN NOT be refuted because I am extremely skilled at filtering out activist trash and KZbin click bait lies. OF COURSE YOUR 'EVIL CORPORATIONS' ARE AGAINST HER, THEY SHOULD ALL BE!! All science respecting educated citizens of Earth and all governments and institutions not funded by the organic foods cartel are outraged by Shiva's malicious fraud. We know why she lies and who funds her.

[@popeyegordon]

@@aneeshprasobhan I have been doing this as my retirement hobby for 7 years, 5 hours a day 365 a year. Over 100,000 comments that confront hateful lies about science of all kinds. I am extremely good at it. I have amassed 53 followers without posting a single video. My words have been quoted on national and international news programs. Your humiliation here becomes part of the permanent public record of my heroic defense of science, in this case crop science. Science truth always wins in the end, every time, ever since the Dark Ages ended. I wear the white hat on the high road as I look down into your pit of ignorance and science illiteracy. You nauseate me but it's worth the end result.

[@aneeshprasobhan]

@@popeyegordon i just came to know about her yesterday even though I'm from India. I have watched 2 videos of her and so far, she is right about what she did in India about organic farming. How BT Cotton debt. lead to the death of about 250,000 indian farmers because they (Monsanto) were illegaly (then) collecting patent costs from indian seed seller companies who inturn collected it from the farmers. Sadly, the Supreme Court of india again overturned this verdict and Monsanto won. But after this, more people are going back to organic farming. I have no idea about the other things she said ( regarding outside of india) and honestly I don't have the time to fact check each and everything. You may be right about what you said, I will look into it if i have time but the way you replied to me is weird and in a condescending fashion which leads me to believe you have some kind of bias. "Win all debates", "You are extremely skilled", "Wearing white hat and looking down on you", "You nauseate me". This doesn't sound like its coming from a mature person, nonetheless a retired person to be honest. Anyways, thanks for the link and the relpies. Sorry for my bad English, its not my first language.

[@GracieAckerman]

I love her so much - humanity needs a mighty humbling

[@CharlesCoderre-yv1cu]

maybe starting with you

[@JesseReza-g4l]

humanity needs to Awaken from our taught/programmed ego narratives believed as personal truths and rights.

[@wasy35]

This was a incredible speech -- thank you for Vanda.

[@BishalNath]

Modern Durga .. Salute

[@radhakrishna1845]

Dr. Vandana, Evil forces cannot rule the world for ever... Those who are arrogant will destroy themselves.... Those who are humble will thrive..

[@cindyspiess9963]

I hope !

[@gwayne919]

Dr Shiva is a great savior of agriculture in India. She could do more if the Indian government wasn't so corrupted by the GMO cotton cartels bribes.

[@DukeGMOLOL]

Indian farmers love biotech cotton.

[@popeyegordon]

Miles Power wrecks Shiva's fraud in his video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5i5Y3ecfa6Uqtk

[@DukeGMOLOL]

@@popeyegordon --Great link.

[@popeyegordon]

@@DukeGMOLOL It is be great to see you watching out for anti-biotech videos. I don't get around to checking for new videos every day but I filter my gmos search for 'Today' and catch the worst new ones on the same day they are posted. 'The Real Lies About Health' channel posted a new Shiva video just yesterday. Others still re-post her lies.

[@popeyegordon]

Readers note this idiot Wayne played that stupid shill gambit, claiming there are bribes with no proof at all. He will not admit that Indian farmers have been protesting and even rioting in their streets, demanding India lift its anti-GMO laws so they can buy Bt cotton seed and more. India forsakes its struggling farmers to run a space program.

[@runhildroeder1541]

I just love you with all my heart and head Vandhana Ji

[@DukeGMOLOL]

She lies about agriculture.

[@vaibhavmahobiya9129]

@@DukeGMOLOL what is he the lie he told

[@elaeluw.9416]

Respect to you Dr. Vandana. What you have been saying is very ture. Its the new way of owning the world by few. Nations should be awaken and keep their heritage of farming accordingly. Bless you again for alarming the world at large.

[@popeyegordon]

You were totally fooled. Shiva is a professional fraud - even her own government hates her and all farmers hate her lies. "In June 2014, Indian and international media reported that Navdanya and Vandana Shiva were named in a leaked, classified report by India's Intelligence Bureau (IB), which was prepared for the Indian Prime Minister's Office.[47] The leaked IB report raises concerns over the foreign-funding of Indian NGOs whose campaigning activities, the report claims, are hampering India's growth and development. In its report, the IB said that Indian NGOs, including Navdanya, receive money from foreign donors under the 'charitable garb' of campaigning for human rights or women's equality, but instead use the money for nefarious purposes. "These foreign donors lead local NGOs to provide field reports which are used to build a record against India and serve as tools for the strategic foreign policy interests of the Western governments," the IB report states.[48] Investigative journalist Michael Specter, in an article in The New Yorker on 25 August 2014 entitled "Seeds of Doubt",[10] raised concerns over a number of Shiva's claims regarding GMOs and some of her campaigning methods. He wrote: "Shiva's absolutism about G.M.O.s can lead her in strange directions. In 1999, ten thousand people were killed and millions were left homeless when a cyclone hit India's eastern coastal state of Orissa. When the U.S. government dispatched grain and soy to help feed the desperate victims, Shiva held a news conference in New Delhi and said that the donation was proof that "the United States has been using the Orissa victims as guinea pigs" for genetically-engineered products, although she made no mention about that those same products are approved and consumed in the United States. She also wrote to the international relief agency Oxfam to say that she hoped it wasn't planning to send genetically modified foods to feed the starving survivors."[10] Cases of plagiarism have been pointed out against Vandana Shiva. Birendra Nayak has published on her plagiarism involving copying verbatim from a 1996 article in Voice Gopalpur in her 1998 book Stronger than Steel.[51] Several paragraphs of an article by S Faizi on the Plachimada/Coca-Cola issue published in The Statesman in 2015 were plagiarized by Vandana Shiva in an article she published a year later.[52] Journalist Keith Kloor, in an article published in Discover on 23 October 2014 entitled "The Rich Allure of a Peasant Champion", revealed that Shiva charges US$40,000 per speaking lecture, plus a business-class air ticket from New Delhi. Kloor wrote: "She is often heralded as a tireless 'defender of the poor,' someone who has courageously taken her stand among the peasant farmers of India. Let it be noted, however, that this champion of the downtrodden doesn't exactly live a peasant's lifestyle."[53] Wikipedia - Shiva en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandana_Shiva#Indian_Intelligence_Bureau_Investigation

[@bibhutilaldas8971]

She deserve whole lots of applause for standing rock solid against big multinationals & billionaires controlling governance of major economies. Yes she has guts & knowledge to expand organic farming- The Ultimate Answer to the Earth & Ecological Balancing.

[@ButterFly-ne4uz]

Extraordinary speech mathaji.......

[@geraldkhasi1006]

She is a fighter, she has the whole package to do that -the facts, the intelligence, the smartness, the articulation and most importantly the guts

[@JesseReza-g4l]

but most of all she's in the heart thus Being humane.

[@tacywest8842]

this talk is so inspiring and informative thank for devoting your life to Gaia so much evil in the hands of super rich

[@garfield2406]

like a woman who earns a living in telling wild stories ...

[@derickjude7188]

@@garfield2406 Well congrats for showing your ignorance and lack of brain cells!!

[@newfreenayshaun6651]

Share this again, facing shortages in 6 months, that door will slam ahut so quickly we wont see it happen, but we already feel it getting close. Share!

[@newfreenayshaun6651]

@@garfield2406 whos side are you on? A favor, ignore lessons on how to grow your own food. Thx!

[@garfield2406]

@@newfreenayshaun6651 LOL

[@pathhealer5769]

Pure Sense!

[@pepper419]

This beautiful lady is finally speaking a language that makes perfect sense. Listen to her. EVERYONE, listen.

[@raghavendrakini]

The way she related to Gandhi's value of Swarajya and Non violence in this context was eye opener for me. Respect for Gandhi increased tremendously and so to this great lady..

[@SeeLight222]

Vandana does NOT mince words or eat words. Beautiful informative talk, the philosophy that she brings up in every speech on seeds, food and life can be applied to every area of my life. I have made positive changes in my life after listening to you. Hopefully one day I will be able to visit NavDanya. Thank you, Dr. Vandana Shiva, for the many speeches that you have given to bring sense to the clouded minds engaged in excessive consumerism. My husband just told me that he listened to your talk in England when you had one, most probably in the late 1980s. We are blessed.

[@juliaparis5000]

SHARING THIS AND ALL OF Dr.Vandana Shiva materials. so eye opener.

[@lara76kot]

You are amazing Vandana!!!!

[@popeyegordon]

Amazing skills as a professional fraud. Nothing more. Posted by Aneesh Prasobhan on April 22, 5:30 PM Eastern time today in the video comments of a KZbin video dishonestly praising the fraud Vandana Shiva: kzbin.info/www/bejne/naDJaKmahq5pha8 "Popeye Gordon Hmm. I see. I was wrong then. Apologies for my mistake. So she was wrong/lying about a lot of things then. I'll stop watching her videos. Thanks and good day." Yes there are a few gems I enlighten every day like Aneesh who also subscribed to my channel. Sort this thread for newest and scroll down to see my many scathing factual exposures of Shiva's fraud I have linked. Shiva is a professional flim-flam artist of the most despicable sort. She is funded by corrupt organic lobbyist money that is gleaned from the absurdly high prices of organic foods.

[@popeyegordon]

"While I appreciate Vandana Shiva’s passion for the environment and crop diversity, most of her claims have been readily debunked. Her campaigns are subsidized by millions of dollars of contributions by organic food companies to spread lies about conventional agriculture to push an agenda. In my opinion, it is admirable if someone chooses to be an organic farmer-there are many ways to address food security issues as long as we promote cooperation and coexistence-but there is something wrong with lying to people for profit, such as her debunked claims that GMOs are vandanashiva1-1provoking Indian farmers to commit suicide. [Read GLP GMO FAQ addressing Shiva’s accusation]. She doesn’t back up her claims with reputable evidence and what she claims about conventional agriculture isn’t backed by science. Needless to say, a huge percentage of what came out of Shiva’s mouth was myths and misrepresentations. She spent a lot of time tearing into Norman Borlaug, the scientist and ‘father of the Green Revolution-he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal before his death-and is credited with saving hundreds of millions of lives, and accused farmers of being “the last caretakers of the land.” Seriously? Who does that? Shiva is no friend to modern farmers or technology. Her misinformation was appalling and needless to say I was not impressed. It was painful to sit through her nonsense, and the whole time I was wondering if she has ever even ridden in a combine or ever been to a large scale farm a day in her life. While she railed against “industrial, chemically intensive agriculture,” I wish she knew that farmers today are using less toxic chemicals than ever before. When complaining about soil and water quality, I wish she would connect with us and learn that farmers enroll in conservation programs and are the ultimate stewards of the land. Organic and conventional farms have a lot in common: both types of farms may or may not use chemicals, both types can do conservation methods like soil testing, crop rotation, cover crops, etc. This is not the agenda she had though. Apparently only organic farmers are concerned about sustainability, which couldn’t be further from the truth. Shiva also shared the myth that GMOs kill bees, all while completely ignoring the fact that GMOs eliminate our need to spray insecticides, which helps beneficial insects. GMOs cause suicides, Monsanto is trying to poison everyone, monocultures! Patents! Seed saving! The list of myths goes on. The reality is that farmers have hundreds of seed companies to choose from, all different types of crops can have patents including organic, and today’s farmers don’t want to save seeds. My head was spinning with how disconnected she is to modern farming and how much she really doesn’t understand our industry, while she gets paid to talk about this with no formal training or educational background in agriculture. Say what, now? But there was hope! I was happy to know that there was a Q&A afterwards and I wasn’t going to sit back and let Shiva’s false accusations go without saying something. I encouraged everyone to connect with us as farmers. I took issue with her referring to pesticides as “poison,” as organic production uses pesticides too, and they are sometimes more toxic and more frequently used than the chemicals used by non-organic farmers. By her definition ALL food would be poison, but as any scientist would tell you, it’s the dose that makes the poison. I mentioned that when we spray the herbicide glyphosate (Monsanto’s Roundup) on our fields it is at a rate of 22 ounces per acre, which is less than 2 soda cans over an area of land the size of a football field. We only spray two days out of an entire year. Simply said, the food conventional farmers grow is not scary. It’s thanks to biotechnology that we are using less chemicals than ever before and no longer having to spray insecticides, which HELPS beneficial insects like bees, and does not hurt them as she misleadingly claimed. Our farm holds the award for “Iowa farmers of the year” in soil and water conservation because, as a result of modern technology including the use of genetically modified seeds, we use no till, cover crops and crop rotation. Biotechnology is doing great things for farmers and allows us to grow more food on less land while using less water, fuel, and inputs. Shiva gave me the stink eye but didn’t say a word while I was speaking, other than “thanks.” I really didn’t know what to expect from the crowd, but surprisingly, I was applauded! After I left I was approached by a group of people who thanked me. They said “You did a great job. I applaud your bravery. We appreciate hearing multiple sides of a story. You are welcome here,” etc. It was great. I was also approached by a security guard who wanted me to be aware that he would be following me around a bit to ensure my safety in case anyone tried to cause trouble. He even walked me to my car so that was nice. Surprisingly, not a single hater. None. I want to share this story to encourage you all to stand up for the truth. For farmers, agronomists, scientists, etc speaking up HAS to be a part of our job description nowadays. We are the experts, we are the ones that have the most education and firsthand expertise on the topic. Don’t let misinformed activists tell our stories and don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone. A situation that looks intimidating could be the best opportunity to educate. If we all do our part to advocate for science and agriculture, we CAN make a difference." geneticliteracyproject.org/2016/11/21/iowa-farmer-challenges-activist-vandana-shiva-myth-filled-anti-gmo-lecture/

[@JesseReza-g4l]

that she is.

[@julianabarrington4276]

Dr. Shiva is an amazing and brilliant woman. She has set the standard all people should measure their politicians by and if they don't measure up, then abandon them. The alternative is death for all living organisms on this planet.

[@rajbthapar1880]

Overwhelmed to hear her ,my eyes were full of tears the first time I met her n heard her talking of mother earth.

[@eddieleong6490]

Simply amazing. I will connect with her NGO and bring the knowledge to Tunisia.

[@CharlesCoderre-yv1cu]

you hate the Tunisians that much?

[@vishal8827]

She is brilliant...... From my land ..... Uttrakhand .....she is Inspiration for many of us.

[@bythepiece]

Dr. Shiva, your film was so beautiful. >>Drawing from ancient knowledge and cutting edge science, Symphony of the Soil is an artistic exploration of the miraculous substance soil. By understanding the elaborate relationships and mutuality between soil, water, the atmosphere, plants and animals, we come to appreciate the complex and dynamic nature of this precious resource. The film also examines our human relationship with soil, the use and misuse of soil in agriculture, deforestation and development, and the latest scientific research on soil's key role in ameliorating the most challenging environmental issues of our time -2012

[@indian.patterns]

What's the name of that film?

[@bythepiece]

@@indian.patterns Which film are you referring to? THE FUTURE OF FOOD? I bought the DVD from Amazon but they were less communist them.

[@indian.patterns]

@@bythepiece OK.

[@Cyriljayant]

She is amazing in all of her work she has done. Most honourable and intelligent daughter of Gaia ... Thank you for archiving this event and sharing!!!!

[@sherabdolma9361]

Real and rare educator !

[@JesseReza-g4l]

the best and most needed Ones always Are.

[@airlinesafety5667]

Health per acer...What an innovation

[@popeyegordon]

It's actually all about Shiva's fee per lecture. Oops, you should have done your due diligence. On the first page of a google search for her lecture fees there are 15 hits from 14 different sources that cover her $40,000 fee travesty. This is only one source: "While this upper-caste Indian gets little right about science, she is clearly adept at extracting money from sponsors on the lecture circuit. According to her speakers’ agency, the Evil Twin Booking Agency (we are not making this up), Shiva’s usual fee for an American university appearance is $40,000 plus a business class round-trip ticket from New Delhi. Thus, we infer that Beloit, Wake Forest and Arizona State have probably paid Dr. Shiva close to $50,000 each for exposing their students to her mendacious, baseless attacks on modern agriculture and science." geneticliteracyproject.org/2014/07/17/anti-gmo-activist-vandana-shiva-earns-40000-per-speech-advocating-policies-that-harm-poor/

[@csowm5je]

@@popeyegordon Did she buy a private jet with the money? like the CEOs

[@popeyegordon]

@@csowm5je Nothing like CEOs who buy a jet for their corporations and declare the investments in their annual reports. She keeps her finances private, refusing to divulge any charities she supports. She has a free office in New York that is funded by organic lobbyists and other activist groups. Again, all financing is secret. She is notorious for demanding deluxe business class air fare be included on top of the $40,000 lecture fees. Even her Indian farm support group that was supposedly charitable turned out to be accepting foreign money and influence. She was investigated by the Indian government and they were pissed. "In June 2014, Indian and international media reported that Navdanya and Vandana Shiva were named in a leaked, classified report by India's Intelligence Bureau (IB), which was prepared for the Indian Prime Minister's Office.[47] The leaked IB report raises concerns over the foreign-funding of Indian NGOs whose campaigning activities, the report claims, are hampering India's growth and development. In its report, the IB said that Indian NGOs, including Navdanya, receive money from foreign donors under the 'charitable garb' of campaigning for human rights or women's equality, but instead use the money for nefarious purposes. "These foreign donors lead local NGOs to provide field reports which are used to build a record against India and serve as tools for the strategic foreign policy interests of the Western governments," the IB report states.[48] Investigative journalist Michael Specter, in an article in The New Yorker on 25 August 2014 entitled "Seeds of Doubt",[10] raised concerns over a number of Shiva's claims regarding GMOs and some of her campaigning methods. He wrote: "Shiva's absolutism about G.M.O.s can lead her in strange directions. In 1999, ten thousand people were killed and millions were left homeless when a cyclone hit India's eastern coastal state of Orissa. When the U.S. government dispatched grain and soy to help feed the desperate victims, Shiva held a news conference in New Delhi and said that the donation was proof that "the United States has been using the Orissa victims as guinea pigs" for genetically-engineered products, although she made no mention about that those same products are approved and consumed in the United States. She also wrote to the international relief agency Oxfam to say that she hoped it wasn't planning to send genetically modified foods to feed the starving survivors."[10] Cases of plagiarism have been pointed out against Vandana Shiva. Birendra Nayak has published on her plagiarism involving copying verbatim from a 1996 article in Voice Gopalpur in her 1998 book Stronger than Steel.[51] Several paragraphs of an article by S Faizi on the Plachimada/Coca-Cola issue published in The Statesman in 2015 were plagiarized by Vandana Shiva in an article she published a year later.[52] Journalist Keith Kloor, in an article published in Discover on 23 October 2014 entitled "The Rich Allure of a Peasant Champion", revealed that Shiva charges US$40,000 per speaking lecture, plus a business-class air ticket from New Delhi. Kloor wrote: "She is often heralded as a tireless 'defender of the poor,' someone who has courageously taken her stand among the peasant farmers of India. Let it be noted, however, that this champion of the downtrodden doesn't exactly live a peasant's lifestyle."[53] Wikipedia - Shiva

[@stj971]

@@popeyegordon what would Monsanto charge????

[@stj971]

@@popeyegordon travel from India costs $. I don't blame her for not accepting the go glyphosate tainted foods. Monsanto came to India's small farmers sold the men their seeds tat would only grow w Monsanto chemical fertilizer which they sold the poor farmers as well and then once program was in place raised all the prices astronomically so farmers were no longer able to afford and grow anything. So wake the he'll up asdholes.

[@Redheartlove]

She’s amazing

[@popeyegordon]

Amazing that she gets away with criminal fraud for years!! Shiva has attracted intense criticism from the scientific community for perpetuating long-debunked myths about agriculture, biotechnology and food safety. "Shiva is scheduled to speak in late January at Stanford University and the University of California, Santa Cruz on “equitable and sustainable” farming methods. Her positions on a variety of issues have irked and at times outraged scientists who consider her a disseminator of misinformation who profits at the rate of $40,000 a lecture (or more) to spread propaganda critical of mainstream views of biotechnology. Raised in prosperity, this Indian Brahmin was formally trained as a philosopher, embracing and promoting a form of Quantum Theory that is now widely dismissed. She often falsely claims that she is a trained physicist, and those false ‘scientific’ credentials are often echoed by her supporters. The GLP has carried numerous articles about her history of misstatements and fabrications (here, here, here). She was the subject of a scathing critique, “Seeds of Doubt,” by Michael Specter of The New Yorker, which documented her history of misleading claims and what Specter maintained often verged on anti-science gibberish. For more than three decades, she has relentlessly campaigned against globalization, focusing on food and agriculture socio-economic issues and an opposition to GMOs, free trade and intellectual property rights. She alternately promotes land redistribution, indigenous and peasant farmers’ rights, organic-only food production and ayurvedic health practices over conventional medicines, all of which she characterizes as an “earth democracy” movement necessary to restore “harmony,” people and nature. Shiva receives financial backing from high-profile activist groups such as the Center for Food Safety, which shares offices with her in Washington. Among her most controversial talking points is her false claim that there was no hunger in India prior to the Green Revolution. The truth is almost 180 degrees the opposite, as the Green Revolution, marked in part by the introduction of synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides enable massive increases in food production. A recent review of the evidence shows, “the production of cereal crops tripled during this period, with only a 30% increase in land area cultivated.” Shiva also blames the Green Revolution for increasing poverty, indebtedness and despair among farmers. Her notorious allegation that the introduction of insect-resistant GMO crops in India led many farmers to commit suicide has been evaluated and dismissed as inaccurate. Shiva is also a fierce opponent of so-called Golden Rice, a crop engineered to combat vitamin A deficiency in developing countries. In response to the scheduling of her two talks at Stanford and UC Santa Cruz, 39 scientists from around the world co-authored an open letter to both universities protesting the invitations. The signatories told the GLP that their aim is to alert the events’ organizers, participants and attendees to the numerous falsehoods in Shiva’s philosophy. The letter, reproduced below in full, blasts Shiva for her “use of anti-scientific rhetoric to support unethical positions.” Neither university has scheduled a scientist to present the evidence-based case for crop biotechnology." geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/01/14/39-biotech-experts-open-letter-protests-anti-gmo-activist-vandana-shivas-anti-science-talks-at-stanford-and-uc-santa-cruz/

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Popeye Gordon must you harass everyone? You make more money that way, I suppose.

[@vaibhavmahobiya9129]

@@popeyegordon the Vanda na Shiva is great lady you are spreading propaganda or agenda i think you are paid by companies like Monsanto you are saying that the organic farming is bad for humans and environment you bustard In india we have been doing farming from thousands of year no environmental issue happen no farmer killing happen the Britishers and mnc companies ruin our mother land by green revolution in india they introduce very harmfull chemical and pesticides etc . In our soil and the of result of it that we have cancer train in Punjab Add hole if want to eat GMO pesticides foods grow eat and fill it in your ass

[@indian.patterns]

💕💕

[@mafaldaalmeida2879]

Dr Shiva, just make sure you pass on your life´s project and leave it in good hands, along with the seeds, the knowledge and your amazing backbone.

[@Lelliott1122]

I love you and your incredible work that you work so hard to bring to the masses❤️ This is SO important for people to understand! Plant a garden and share your organic veggies with those you love❤️

[@indian.patterns]

❤

[@newfreenayshaun6651]

Share this again, the world is facing shortages in 6 months

[@Zainab-jb7lr]

She is unbelievably good... divine femine for a perfect time the mother earth needs her..such an eye opener

[@popeyegordon]

You were totally fooled. Shiva is a professional fraud - even her own government hates her and all farmers hate her lies. "In June 2014, Indian and international media reported that Navdanya and Vandana Shiva were named in a leaked, classified report by India's Intelligence Bureau (IB), which was prepared for the Indian Prime Minister's Office.[47] The leaked IB report raises concerns over the foreign-funding of Indian NGOs whose campaigning activities, the report claims, are hampering India's growth and development. In its report, the IB said that Indian NGOs, including Navdanya, receive money from foreign donors under the 'charitable garb' of campaigning for human rights or women's equality, but instead use the money for nefarious purposes. "These foreign donors lead local NGOs to provide field reports which are used to build a record against India and serve as tools for the strategic foreign policy interests of the Western governments," the IB report states.[48] Investigative journalist Michael Specter, in an article in The New Yorker on 25 August 2014 entitled "Seeds of Doubt",[10] raised concerns over a number of Shiva's claims regarding GMOs and some of her campaigning methods. He wrote: "Shiva's absolutism about G.M.O.s can lead her in strange directions. In 1999, ten thousand people were killed and millions were left homeless when a cyclone hit India's eastern coastal state of Orissa. When the U.S. government dispatched grain and soy to help feed the desperate victims, Shiva held a news conference in New Delhi and said that the donation was proof that "the United States has been using the Orissa victims as guinea pigs" for genetically-engineered products, although she made no mention about that those same products are approved and consumed in the United States. She also wrote to the international relief agency Oxfam to say that she hoped it wasn't planning to send genetically modified foods to feed the starving survivors."[10] Cases of plagiarism have been pointed out against Vandana Shiva. Birendra Nayak has published on her plagiarism involving copying verbatim from a 1996 article in Voice Gopalpur in her 1998 book Stronger than Steel.[51] Several paragraphs of an article by S Faizi on the Plachimada/Coca-Cola issue published in The Statesman in 2015 were plagiarized by Vandana Shiva in an article she published a year later.[52] Journalist Keith Kloor, in an article published in Discover on 23 October 2014 entitled "The Rich Allure of a Peasant Champion", revealed that Shiva charges US$40,000 per speaking lecture, plus a business-class air ticket from New Delhi. Kloor wrote: "She is often heralded as a tireless 'defender of the poor,' someone who has courageously taken her stand among the peasant farmers of India. Let it be noted, however, that this champion of the downtrodden doesn't exactly live a peasant's lifestyle."[53] Wikipedia - Shiva en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandana_Shiva#Indian_Intelligence_Bureau_Investigation

[@JesseReza-g4l]

not as much as we human beings do.

[@utradayebhagwandeen7222]

Utra Kund is based in India. These type's of places in India are growing organic plantation from mother Earth influence by Dr ,Vandana Shiva. This woman are leading by examples for the entire world.

[@utradayebhagwandeen7222]

Just admire the audience that Dr Vandana Shiva A fully Educated Beautiful woman Converse so Sincerely,Pure,Liberated Person has got love and respect for the world to have the facts for the public good food for eating so that people can live their lives around the world with for fear if they will die or get sick as the may be.

[@popeyegordon]

Shiva is a fraud. Miles Power wrecks Shiva's fraud in his video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5i5Y3ecfa6Uqtk Organic means insect ravaged produce.

[@eloisebush4595]

Bless you Dr.Shiva

[@laurawalker546]

I love this intelligent woman!

[@chrismatteson2337]

I have goosebumps! I've been listening, watching, and reading her wisdom for years. This speech takes the 🎂!

[@BelurKarnataka]

She is Goddess

[@abdoolmotalibbocus6117]

SORRY SHE IS A HUMAN CREATED BY GOD BUT A VERY INTELLIGENT PERSON NOT A GODDESS. .

[@popeyegordon]

@@abdoolmotalibbocus6117 Uses her intelligence to commit fraud. Repeatedly. She has no education and lies about it. Oops, you should have done your due diligence. On the first page of a google search for her lecture fees there are 15 hits from 14 different sources that cover her $40,000 fee travesty. This is only one source: "While this upper-caste Indian gets little right about science, she is clearly adept at extracting money from sponsors on the lecture circuit. According to her speakers’ agency, the Evil Twin Booking Agency (we are not making this up), Shiva’s usual fee for an American university appearance is $40,000 plus a business class round-trip ticket from New Delhi. Thus, we infer that Beloit, Wake Forest and Arizona State have probably paid Dr. Shiva close to $50,000 each for exposing their students to her mendacious, baseless attacks on modern agriculture and science." geneticliteracyproject.org/2014/07/17/anti-gmo-activist-vandana-shiva-earns-40000-per-speech-advocating-policies-that-harm-poor/

[@AmitSinghco]

Stop making everyone God. That's the main problem of Indian. Anyone becomes little talented and famous people start treating as God. She is great women but not God.

[@joeking1019]

Shiva

[@popeyegordon]

Shiva has attracted intense criticism from the scientific community for perpetuating long-debunked myths about agriculture, biotechnology and food safety. "Shiva is scheduled to speak in late January at Stanford University and the University of California, Santa Cruz on “equitable and sustainable” farming methods. Her positions on a variety of issues have irked and at times outraged scientists who consider her a disseminator of misinformation who profits at the rate of $40,000 a lecture (or more) to spread propaganda critical of mainstream views of biotechnology. Raised in prosperity, this Indian Brahmin was formally trained as a philosopher, embracing and promoting a form of Quantum Theory that is now widely dismissed. She often falsely claims that she is a trained physicist, and those false ‘scientific’ credentials are often echoed by her supporters. The GLP has carried numerous articles about her history of misstatements and fabrications (here, here, here). She was the subject of a scathing critique, “Seeds of Doubt,” by Michael Specter of The New Yorker, which documented her history of misleading claims and what Specter maintained often verged on anti-science gibberish. For more than three decades, she has relentlessly campaigned against globalization, focusing on food and agriculture socio-economic issues and an opposition to GMOs, free trade and intellectual property rights. She alternately promotes land redistribution, indigenous and peasant farmers’ rights, organic-only food production and ayurvedic health practices over conventional medicines, all of which she characterizes as an “earth democracy” movement necessary to restore “harmony,” people and nature. Shiva receives financial backing from high-profile activist groups such as the Center for Food Safety, which shares offices with her in Washington. Among her most controversial talking points is her false claim that there was no hunger in India prior to the Green Revolution. The truth is almost 180 degrees the opposite, as the Green Revolution, marked in part by the introduction of synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides enable massive increases in food production. A recent review of the evidence shows, “the production of cereal crops tripled during this period, with only a 30% increase in land area cultivated.” Shiva also blames the Green Revolution for increasing poverty, indebtedness and despair among farmers. Her notorious allegation that the introduction of insect-resistant GMO crops in India led many farmers to commit suicide has been evaluated and dismissed as inaccurate. Shiva is also a fierce opponent of so-called Golden Rice, a crop engineered to combat vitamin A deficiency in developing countries. In response to the scheduling of her two talks at Stanford and UC Santa Cruz, 39 scientists from around the world co-authored an open letter to both universities protesting the invitations. The signatories told the GLP that their aim is to alert the events’ organizers, participants and attendees to the numerous falsehoods in Shiva’s philosophy. The letter, reproduced below in full, blasts Shiva for her “use of anti-scientific rhetoric to support unethical positions.” Neither university has scheduled a scientist to present the evidence-based case for crop biotechnology." geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/01/14/39-biotech-experts-open-letter-protests-anti-gmo-activist-vandana-shivas-anti-science-talks-at-stanford-and-uc-santa-cruz/

[@mzeesafaritv850]

Wow! This Lady has truly inspired me! She deserves a standing ovation from all mankind as well.

[@wendywendy646]

AWESOME WOMAN

[@garfield2406]

Awesome female version of Alex Jones ... no proof, no studies in any related science you would need to have to claim this BS, only stories and personal narratives ...

[@narveenaryaputri9759]

We need more of Vandana Shiva.

[@pathhealer5769]

Standing ovation!

[@popeyegordon]

No. We do not applaud frauds and liars. "While I appreciate Vandana Shiva’s passion for the environment and crop diversity, most of her claims have been readily debunked. Her campaigns are subsidized by millions of dollars of contributions by organic food companies to spread lies about conventional agriculture to push an agenda. In my opinion, it is admirable if someone chooses to be an organic farmer-there are many ways to address food security issues as long as we promote cooperation and coexistence-but there is something wrong with lying to people for profit, such as her debunked claims that GMOs are vandanashiva1-1provoking Indian farmers to commit suicide. [Read GLP GMO FAQ addressing Shiva’s accusation]. She doesn’t back up her claims with reputable evidence and what she claims about conventional agriculture isn’t backed by science. Needless to say, a huge percentage of what came out of Shiva’s mouth was myths and misrepresentations. She spent a lot of time tearing into Norman Borlaug, the scientist and ‘father of the Green Revolution-he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal before his death-and is credited with saving hundreds of millions of lives, and accused farmers of being “the last caretakers of the land.” Seriously? Who does that? Shiva is no friend to modern farmers or technology. Her misinformation was appalling and needless to say I was not impressed. It was painful to sit through her nonsense, and the whole time I was wondering if she has ever even ridden in a combine or ever been to a large scale farm a day in her life. While she railed against “industrial, chemically intensive agriculture,” I wish she knew that farmers today are using less toxic chemicals than ever before. When complaining about soil and water quality, I wish she would connect with us and learn that farmers enroll in conservation programs and are the ultimate stewards of the land. Organic and conventional farms have a lot in common: both types of farms may or may not use chemicals, both types can do conservation methods like soil testing, crop rotation, cover crops, etc. This is not the agenda she had though. Apparently only organic farmers are concerned about sustainability, which couldn’t be further from the truth. Shiva also shared the myth that GMOs kill bees, all while completely ignoring the fact that GMOs eliminate our need to spray insecticides, which helps beneficial insects. GMOs cause suicides, Monsanto is trying to poison everyone, monocultures! Patents! Seed saving! The list of myths goes on. The reality is that farmers have hundreds of seed companies to choose from, all different types of crops can have patents including organic, and today’s farmers don’t want to save seeds. My head was spinning with how disconnected she is to modern farming and how much she really doesn’t understand our industry, while she gets paid to talk about this with no formal training or educational background in agriculture. Say what, now? But there was hope! I was happy to know that there was a Q&A afterwards and I wasn’t going to sit back and let Shiva’s false accusations go without saying something. I encouraged everyone to connect with us as farmers. I took issue with her referring to pesticides as “poison,” as organic production uses pesticides too, and they are sometimes more toxic and more frequently used than the chemicals used by non-organic farmers. By her definition ALL food would be poison, but as any scientist would tell you, it’s the dose that makes the poison. I mentioned that when we spray the herbicide glyphosate (Monsanto’s Roundup) on our fields it is at a rate of 22 ounces per acre, which is less than 2 soda cans over an area of land the size of a football field. We only spray two days out of an entire year. Simply said, the food conventional farmers grow is not scary. It’s thanks to biotechnology that we are using less chemicals than ever before and no longer having to spray insecticides, which HELPS beneficial insects like bees, and does not hurt them as she misleadingly claimed. Our farm holds the award for “Iowa farmers of the year” in soil and water conservation because, as a result of modern technology including the use of genetically modified seeds, we use no till, cover crops and crop rotation. Biotechnology is doing great things for farmers and allows us to grow more food on less land while using less water, fuel, and inputs. Shiva gave me the stink eye but didn’t say a word while I was speaking, other than “thanks.” I really didn’t know what to expect from the crowd, but surprisingly, I was applauded! After I left I was approached by a group of people who thanked me. They said “You did a great job. I applaud your bravery. We appreciate hearing multiple sides of a story. You are welcome here,” etc. It was great. I was also approached by a security guard who wanted me to be aware that he would be following me around a bit to ensure my safety in case anyone tried to cause trouble. He even walked me to my car so that was nice. Surprisingly, not a single hater. None. I want to share this story to encourage you all to stand up for the truth. For farmers, agronomists, scientists, etc speaking up HAS to be a part of our job description nowadays. We are the experts, we are the ones that have the most education and firsthand expertise on the topic. Don’t let misinformed activists tell our stories and don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone. A situation that looks intimidating could be the best opportunity to educate. If we all do our part to advocate for science and agriculture, we CAN make a difference." geneticliteracyproject.org/2016/11/21/iowa-farmer-challenges-activist-vandana-shiva-myth-filled-anti-gmo-lecture/

[@pepper419]

@@popeyegordon Bollocks. YOU"RE THE LIAR.

[@nomad_333_]

14:44 F YEAHH!!! I love this woman so much for what she continues doing for mother Earth.

[@vanibhat9336]

Extraordinary talk eye opener thank you Vananaji. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@elsakoster6537]

GRACIAS DRA ,,SÚPER,,!!! BRILLANT AND BEATIFUL,,,,

[@morayoung3183]

Inspiring Vandana, l am getting ready the organic soil, if we add Urea, would still be organic? Where can l get organic seeds? Thank you for all your endeavours to restore our awesome planet earth. God bless you and empowered you to overcome evil with good. 🙏👏🙏👏🙏👏👏💐💐💐🇧🇴❤️🧡💚🌹🌹🌹❤️💙🇬🇧🤩💜💚💙🤔🤣🥳🐝

[@rajdeepjoshi3455]

Huge respect for great warrior

[@JesseReza-g4l]

an Amazing Human Being!!

[@marilynmesange1610]

What a profound and inspirational speech , it is a powerful call to remember our humanity and our connection to nature . “.Agriculture is the co evolution of human beings with the earth.”

[@popeyegordon]

The Germination of Outrage: How Vandana Shiva Fabricates Conspiracy Theories Posted by RISKMONGER [a degreed biotech expert] on FEBRUARY 27, 2020 "Vandana Shiva has made a lucrative business out of spreading conspiracy theories about agricultural technologies, sustainable farming, capitalism and industry. Her popularity has grown as she positions herself as a modern-day Gandhi, a social justice warrior, an ecological feminist and an agroecologist. The problem is that most everything that comes out of her much amplified mouth is complete nonsense: pure fabrications easily and often refuted. Which leads to the question: How does Vandana consistently get away with such ridiculous falsehoods and oral assaults on intelligent thought? How can she weave the absurd into a web of allegations willingly consumed by her followers? How does she relentlessly fabricate conspiracy theories and package them for consumption among the Western liberal elite? This article will look at one web of lies she is presently spinning as an analysis of the germination of outrage. Gone Vananas! As Vandana points her finger at Western economic models and institutions, she has profited quite well from lucrative speaking fees and first-class luxury living. She uses the free speech made available to her on university campuses to condemn farmers for freely choosing the seeds they want to grow. As Vandana attacks industry for their lack of openness, she will never engage in open debate with an adversary. As long as Vandana controls the microphone, she can say what she wants, repeating it to her followers and making the outrageous a marketable outrage. Some of the claims she has repeatedly made, which would have destroyed the credibility of any mere mortal, include: *Shiva: Indian farmers are killing themselves in much larger numbers after being exposed to pesticides and GMOs. Fact: Indian farmer suicide rates are lower than the national average. *Shiva: 75% of all diseases are caused by a “Poison Cartel” of three chemical companies. Fact: This is too absurd to consider. We are living longer and healthier lives. *Shiva: The Green Revolution in the 1960s destroyed India’s way of life. Fact: Until the Green Revolution, India was plagued with famines and chronic malnutrition. This is not a story about how wrong Vandana Shiva is, how she hypocritically profits from her lies or how dangerous she is to global food security. There is enough critical information out there. This is a story about how Vandana’s lies germinate into conspiracy theories packaged for outrage consumption. With Shiva, the truth doesn’t matter. She simply ignores any fact-checking, corrections and personal criticisms. Her adoring audience wants to hear what Shiva has to say, without a care for whether it is true or not. Like Donald Trump, Shiva has a Teflon charisma that appeals specifically to her base and allows her to take them down a road of rage, righteousness and rhetoric. Facts don’t matter when zealots fabricate outrage." Full coverage at: risk-monger.com/2020/02/27/the-germination-of-outrage/

[@garrydavidson4169]

Still watching you in action all these years later.

[@JesseReza-g4l]

in Being, living her life in truth.

[@nithyanandita3253]

Vandana Shiva - You are my new hero and role model. So much of eye opening info.

[@popeyegordon]

You are an ignorant lost person with no education. Shiva has attracted intense criticism from the scientific community for perpetuating long-debunked myths about agriculture, biotechnology and food safety. "Shiva is scheduled to speak in late January at Stanford University and the University of California, Santa Cruz on “equitable and sustainable” farming methods. Her positions on a variety of issues have irked and at times outraged scientists who consider her a disseminator of misinformation who profits at the rate of $40,000 a lecture (or more) to spread propaganda critical of mainstream views of biotechnology. Raised in prosperity, this Indian Brahmin was formally trained as a philosopher, embracing and promoting a form of Quantum Theory that is now widely dismissed. She often falsely claims that she is a trained physicist, and those false ‘scientific’ credentials are often echoed by her supporters. The GLP has carried numerous articles about her history of misstatements and fabrications (here, here, here). She was the subject of a scathing critique, “Seeds of Doubt,” by Michael Specter of The New Yorker, which documented her history of misleading claims and what Specter maintained often verged on anti-science gibberish. For more than three decades, she has relentlessly campaigned against globalization, focusing on food and agriculture socio-economic issues and an opposition to GMOs, free trade and intellectual property rights. She alternately promotes land redistribution, indigenous and peasant farmers’ rights, organic-only food production and ayurvedic health practices over conventional medicines, all of which she characterizes as an “earth democracy” movement necessary to restore “harmony,” people and nature. Shiva receives financial backing from high-profile activist groups such as the Center for Food Safety, which shares offices with her in Washington. Among her most controversial talking points is her false claim that there was no hunger in India prior to the Green Revolution. The truth is almost 180 degrees the opposite, as the Green Revolution, marked in part by the introduction of synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides enable massive increases in food production. A recent review of the evidence shows, “the production of cereal crops tripled during this period, with only a 30% increase in land area cultivated.” Shiva also blames the Green Revolution for increasing poverty, indebtedness and despair among farmers. Her notorious allegation that the introduction of insect-resistant GMO crops in India led many farmers to commit suicide has been evaluated and dismissed as inaccurate. Shiva is also a fierce opponent of so-called Golden Rice, a crop engineered to combat vitamin A deficiency in developing countries. In response to the scheduling of her two talks at Stanford and UC Santa Cruz, 39 scientists from around the world co-authored an open letter to both universities protesting the invitations. The signatories told the GLP that their aim is to alert the events’ organizers, participants and attendees to the numerous falsehoods in Shiva’s philosophy. The letter, reproduced below in full, blasts Shiva for her “use of anti-scientific rhetoric to support unethical positions.” Neither university has scheduled a scientist to present the evidence-based case for crop biotechnology." geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/01/14/39-biotech-experts-open-letter-protests-anti-gmo-activist-vandana-shivas-anti-science-talks-at-stanford-and-uc-santa-cruz/

[@krishanchaudhry68]

Deepest love. For agriculture not survilance

[@JesseReza-g4l]

and even deeper love, in the heart of unconditional love for all and every human being on earth.

[@mohanvorganti]

This talk is so enlightening. Thank you ma’am for your service.

[@barbaraguillette9632]

I'm blown away by her knowledge. I should be half as knowledgeable. She knows our food is terrible. I think she may realize about subliminal suggestions and frequency weapons the totalitarian state imposed on us.

[@steveross9376]

Thank-you Vandana !

[@jillpatton3432]

Sri Lanka took this advice to heart.

[@DukeGMOLOL]

Yes they did and realized they don't like to starve.

[@Just_forfun9140]

@@DukeGMOLOL They probably have a lot less diseases, less cancer and other diseases that are related to modern chemical world. If you are pumping fertilizers, pesticides, the soil will have no life, then it will become a dust bowl.

[@DukeGMOLOL]

@@Just_forfun9140 Sri Lanka abandoned their no pesticide, no fertilizer policy after massive crop failures and resulting riots. This was the second time Sri Lanka shot itself in the foot, the other time was around 2015 when they banned glyphosate, after the tea crops failed they abandoned that policy too. The soil does not die in the "modern chemical world".

[@noviececeliastein6298]

From PHilippines but in US send a sympathy saying sorry to my brothers and sisters in India.

[@lenndookun847]

🌿🍃🌾Nothing is gonna come on my way to defend freedom of life on earth 🌍 🌾❤️❤️❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Thank you Dr Shiva 🙏🙏🙏

[@johngrosser4179]

Madam Vandana , I have great regard for you and your approach on life and humanity at large. 2010 I started farming . This cost me my liver kidney and my wife's LEFT EYE. I learnt a lot after farming and trying to do all the right things and cost efficient thing like staying organic. I had goats cows and a dog most of my animals are poisoned and trees destroyed and and yhpusands stolen . The land syndicate grampanchyat and B.D.O. make money by selling our agricultural land to building developers. I am concluding as it's a long story uploaded on angloindian world property owners group. Best wishes jhn

[@CharlesCoderre-yv1cu]

you have proven absolutely nothing medically

[@HolisticUniversity]

"The more you get sick, the bigger the market". Perceptive observation.

[@garrydavidson4169]

The 'doctoring games' 🎯

[@JesseReza-g4l]

hahaha .. trick or threat?..

[@newfreenayshaun6651]

Bill Gates is losing sleep because of this lady, a true world leader. This one needs uploaded to the algorithm again and again and again, if you see this share it again, share it next week. Understand that we have been told that we will have shortages worldwide in less than 6 months, it is 2022 and we don't actually have much time left

[@asobacleanenergy]

Sri Lankan farmers and citizens who are on the verge of mass starvation are also losing sleep because of this lady.

[@theresamcmullen4841]

The more they hate on you , the more we grow our love for your knowledge. Thank you Dr.Shiva.

[@popeyegordon]

You are hopelessly ignorant. Many informed people are revolted by the malicious lie being spread by that professional fraud Vandana Shiva. There is no specific connection between GMOs and Indian farmer suicides. Even the Indian press resents the implications. Here are reliable sources dispelling the myth: purushatma.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/vandana-shiva-the-pseudoscientific-feminist-fraud/ gmo.geneticliteracyproject.org/FAQ/are-gmos-to-blame-for-the-mass-suicides-of-indian-farmers/ Myles Power video about Shiva fraud: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5i5Y3ecfa6Uqtk news.nationalpost.com/news/the-myth-of-indias-gm-genocide-genetically-modified-cotton-blamed-for-wave-of-farmer-suicides geneticliteracyproject.org/2014/07/17/anti-gmo-activist-vandana-shiva-earns-40000-per-speech-advocating-policies-that-harm-poor/ Detailed statistics on the actual causes of Indian farmer suicides - GMO seed is not even on the list: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers%27_suicides_in_India

[@belcanadiangirl]

my hero!

[@Mriluigi]

Most of us agreed with her views and facts that she presented. Sadly some people will never change their way of thinking since greed is still part of humans behavior.

[@popeyegordon]

Greed is Shiva's only motive. Her lecture fees have now jumped to $100,000 per appearance and for many years her fee was $40,000 USD plus air fare. For all the facts from non-activist science based sources go to Facebook's page titled "Shit Vandana Shiva Says".

[@cindyspiess9963]

Behavior of criminal MEN . Does anyone think that if women ran the world it would be in the shape that it is in , IDK maybe 🤔 because the shit seems to rise to the top of the septic tank ... 😏

[@Just_forfun9140]

Dr.Vandana Shiva should be nominated for Noble peace prize, well deserved, instead of giving it to those who did nothing of significance or did harm.

[@DukeGMOLOL]

Shiva should be laughed at and ridiculed.

[@raelenebarney7040]

This is intelligence, Wisdom

[@JesseReza-g4l]

being in the heart.

[@blueraven2345]

I love this woman.

[@stj971]

Unfortunately the politicians here in Vermont make organic and family farming very difficult.

[@stevekaragiannis6551]

Thanks for the good work you're doing you're an amazing woman educating all of us

[@selfserveraw]

Health per acre, that is powerful. It resonates well with Dr Joel Fuhrman's equation : Health = Nutrients/Calories

[@CharlesCoderre-yv1cu]

that is mathematically ignorant

[@sikurpadma7600]

Like her deserve Agriculture minister of every country.

[@spiritualawakening8085]

"Does big data mean knowledge? No it doesn't. Big data in an ocean of ignorance just means more ignorance". 30:50

[@keithroymartin63]

Spiritual Awakening like trying to build a plastic nation. Hahahaha

[@davemorgan9511]

A very eloquent spokesperson for Gaia!❤

[@anyagowda8974]

This is really life changing stuff thank you this resonates with so much and speaks to my truth and peace

[@josephlammardo]

Organic is the way out of this military industrial madness.

[@ariefbata6278]

Much love!

[@indonesiamenggugat8795]

par excellence, warm hug from Indonesia, Vandana

[@surabhisagar2159]

Soil is called dirt. Soil is divine. Soil is like a womb of a mother. Not dirt.

[@popeyegordon]

Ignorant semantics. The fact that so many upvoted you proves just how ignorant Shiva's suckers are.

[@popeyegordon]

@James Conway What an idiot!!! You failed to scan this thread so you have no idea I am the only one here with dozens of citation links of proof from unbiased reliable sources, THEN you play that idiotic shill card, screwing yourself up your own ass!! Playing the shill gambit is always a forfeit of the debate at hand. It is a pathetic form of cheating by trying to poison the well rather than countering with a cogent refutation that might prove your point or win a debate. I see lameoids pull this stupid blunder 10 times a day in the GMO debate. If you want to prove a fault in science, use the tools scientists use, peer reviewed studies and unbiased information sources. If you don't have solid evidence, consider what a fool you are being. Shill shill shill just makes you look like a blathering idiot and forfeits every time, the win goes to science truth. The shill gambit failed debating tactic is explained simply in the dictionary of your choice. This is especially ludicrous when you consider the GMO safety debate ended four years ago and no company for profit anywhere would spend a single penny paying a "shill" to promote something already attained in 2016 with release of that landmark NAS study.

[@popeyegordon]

@James Conway It is not possible to slander here under any circumstances. Your whiny butt hurt is noted. I have over 80 citation links of proof on this page that proves Shiva's fraud. Where is yours?

[@popeyegordon]

@James Conway Again this idiot says 'no evidence' when I have posted more evidence than any other person on this page. Actually more evidence than the combined posts of the other 595 comments here. Over 80 LINKED EXAMPLES OF EVIDENCE are here but all YOU can manage is that idiotic shill gambit. You lose again.

[@popeyegordon]

Many informed people are revolted by the malicious lie being spread by that professional fraud Vandana Shiva. There is no specific connection between GMOs and Indian farmer suicides. Even the Indian press resents the implications. Here are reliable sources dispelling the myth: purushatma.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/vandana-shiva-the-pseudoscientific-feminist-fraud/ gmo.geneticliteracyproject.org/FAQ/are-gmos-to-blame-for-the-mass-suicides-of-indian-farmers/ Myles Power video about Shiva fraud: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5i5Y3ecfa6Uqtk news.nationalpost.com/news/the-myth-of-indias-gm-genocide-genetically-modified-cotton-blamed-for-wave-of-farmer-suicides geneticliteracyproject.org/2014/07/17/anti-gmo-activist-vandana-shiva-earns-40000-per-speech-advocating-policies-that-harm-poor/ Detailed statistics on the actual causes of Indian farmer suicides - GMO seed is not even on the list: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers%27_suicides_in_India

[@marenaude820]

She is great, let's live in her example ❤

[@elsyantony4429]

I salute you and your thoughts more and more people like you come and save the nature 👍👍👍👍

[@JesseReza-g4l]

not thoughts, but knowing and provable facts [truth]

[@julieschliesmann7682]

Dr. Shiva, I think we need to get all of transportation matters off of the ground, literally. Get transportation in flight for the population and save the real estate from the road ways and mandate them agriculture. If you walked out your front door into a massive garden with no roads then we can do all that you want. Love and Light to you. 🌾🍀🌲🌵🌴🌿🍁🌷

[@airlinesafety5667]

Its terrible that India is importing 70 % of pulses and oil seeds when it is renowned for self sustainable agriculture...Where have those days gone when India is world leader in agriculture??

[@popeyegordon]

You export doctors and phone support instead.

[@gabrielmanyangadze7217]

You begin to see that we all need to readjust and play our roles to save mother earth

[@JesseReza-g4l]

to re-adapt with mother earth in the heart.

[@manjunath1597]

Mam good morning someone posted your video can I say love you Mom u are you always special

[@popeyegordon]

Oops, you should have done your due diligence. On the first page of a google search for her lecture fees there are 15 hits from 14 different sources that cover her $40,000 fee travesty. This is only one source: "While this upper-caste Indian gets little right about science, she is clearly adept at extracting money from sponsors on the lecture circuit. According to her speakers’ agency, the Evil Twin Booking Agency (we are not making this up), Shiva’s usual fee for an American university appearance is $40,000 plus a business class round-trip ticket from New Delhi. Thus, we infer that Beloit, Wake Forest and Arizona State have probably paid Dr. Shiva close to $50,000 each for exposing their students to her mendacious, baseless attacks on modern agriculture and science." geneticliteracyproject.org/2014/07/17/anti-gmo-activist-vandana-shiva-earns-40000-per-speech-advocating-policies-that-harm-poor/

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Popeye Gordon good for her if she does! SHE IS WORTH IT! TRUTH IS WORTH MORE THAN THE LIES OF MSM!

[@sed2526]

This is very timely on this very sad day seven years later.

[@kwamenda8957]

She is so positive , poised., Intelligent , kind and brave.This woman is a humanity saver. She is a legend.

[@popeyegordon]

Siddharth Sriram 3 days ago Popeye Gordon I am an Indian. Thanks a ton for sharing the vid link exposing Vandana Shiva's pseudoscience bullshit. What I learnt from the video 1) She has a phd in philosophy & is not a physicist, but tries to give an impression that she is one. 2) Her understanding of genetics is wrong. She advocates the Soviet Union model of naturally dust resistant variety of crops/seeds. She argues they have the ability to adapt drastically to challenging environment in a short time. Soviet Union did this, they failed as result. The reason why they lost the cold war their economic downfall. 3) Vandana Shiva lures you in with some facts & also scientific facts & weaves them with her own unscientific & nostalgic opinions to advance her ideals. For instance, she is right about the Green Revolution causing an increase in pollution & causing a few other problems, the same with certain companies. The reality is that, it is not perfect, but Vandana Shiva paints that as the sole factor casing most of the problems on earth. 4) She is like mark Antony, a good speaker, & can rally people with her command over English & pseudo-science. 5) She gets paid a tremendous amount of money for giving such speeches.

[@guillermoluisespinasse3667]

Great woman.

[@keatsgipsy9991]

How magnificent - we need a reminding - we are the soul’ - she needs to be heard globally bless her.

[@newfreenayshaun6651]

Share this one again asap.

[@rineric3214]

Thank you! Perfect speech! We MUST go organic.

[@JesseReza-g4l]

be organic and everything else will adjust.

[@rineric3214]

@@JesseReza-g4l I usually shy away from simple statements, but in this case, it is simply true that if we go organic, it will solve most of the problems we face.

[@JesseReza-g4l]

@@rineric3214 I AM = We Are. thus, going, makes it a future thus a personal intention. being makes it true and humane for I Am is born as us human beings. all personal identities are where we suffer our delayed or wrong choice.

[@rineric3214]

@@JesseReza-g4l So you want me to say we must BE organic rather than GO organic? Unfortunately, most of present-day agriculture is NOT organic. Therefore, we need to to GO organic. Perhaps I should say we must reverse the non-organic trend in agriculture. No matter how you say it, it simply means no sprays and no artificial (bituminous) "fertilizers" (nitrogen exaggerators). Most of our health crises stem from the damage done by mainstream agriculture. It unfortunately is still a future goal for all of us to GO organic.

[@JesseReza-g4l]

@@rineric3214 oh. well our human body is fully organic despite of what we eat.

[@lokeshk4642]

Such a wise lady. Thank you for the enlightening speech!

[@JesseReza-g4l]

and since we are organic, that future starts now here, where and whenever that is for each one. "in Grace and Gratitude"

[@anad.5285]

What an inspiration this woman is!

[@soniyasinha3496]

wonderful discussion as usual.. live with earth not against it, earth does not need to be fixed, we need to fix ourselves

[@soniyasinha3496]

and we will fight for it every micrometer of the way. not doing so would be inhumane..

[@stj971]

God bless this woman!

[@popeyegordon]

You are stunningly ignorant and gullible! She makes a living off fools like you. Shiva has attracted intense criticism from the scientific community for perpetuating long-debunked myths about agriculture, biotechnology and food safety. "Shiva is scheduled to speak in late January at Stanford University and the University of California, Santa Cruz on “equitable and sustainable” farming methods. Her positions on a variety of issues have irked and at times outraged scientists who consider her a disseminator of misinformation who profits at the rate of $40,000 a lecture (or more) to spread propaganda critical of mainstream views of biotechnology. Raised in prosperity, this Indian Brahmin was formally trained as a philosopher, embracing and promoting a form of Quantum Theory that is now widely dismissed. She often falsely claims that she is a trained physicist, and those false ‘scientific’ credentials are often echoed by her supporters. The GLP has carried numerous articles about her history of misstatements and fabrications (here, here, here). She was the subject of a scathing critique, “Seeds of Doubt,” by Michael Specter of The New Yorker, which documented her history of misleading claims and what Specter maintained often verged on anti-science gibberish. For more than three decades, she has relentlessly campaigned against globalization, focusing on food and agriculture socio-economic issues and an opposition to GMOs, free trade and intellectual property rights. She alternately promotes land redistribution, indigenous and peasant farmers’ rights, organic-only food production and ayurvedic health practices over conventional medicines, all of which she characterizes as an “earth democracy” movement necessary to restore “harmony,” people and nature. Shiva receives financial backing from high-profile activist groups such as the Center for Food Safety, which shares offices with her in Washington. Among her most controversial talking points is her false claim that there was no hunger in India prior to the Green Revolution. The truth is almost 180 degrees the opposite, as the Green Revolution, marked in part by the introduction of synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides enable massive increases in food production. A recent review of the evidence shows, “the production of cereal crops tripled during this period, with only a 30% increase in land area cultivated.” Shiva also blames the Green Revolution for increasing poverty, indebtedness and despair among farmers. Her notorious allegation that the introduction of insect-resistant GMO crops in India led many farmers to commit suicide has been evaluated and dismissed as inaccurate. Shiva is also a fierce opponent of so-called Golden Rice, a crop engineered to combat vitamin A deficiency in developing countries. In response to the scheduling of her two talks at Stanford and UC Santa Cruz, 39 scientists from around the world co-authored an open letter to both universities protesting the invitations. The signatories told the GLP that their aim is to alert the events’ organizers, participants and attendees to the numerous falsehoods in Shiva’s philosophy. The letter, reproduced below in full, blasts Shiva for her “use of anti-scientific rhetoric to support unethical positions.” Neither university has scheduled a scientist to present the evidence-based case for crop biotechnology." geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/01/14/39-biotech-experts-open-letter-protests-anti-gmo-activist-vandana-shivas-anti-science-talks-at-stanford-and-uc-santa-cruz/