Heirloom Gardening, Food and Other Thoughts
Film maker Alex Ikonomidis recently sent me an email to tell me about his latest project, A Seed for Change.
All I can say is it looks great to me! I think if anyone would like to help out with a donation or tips or pointers, he would like to hear from you.
Below is the video of Olivier de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, as it was shown in April 2011, at the demonstration in Brussels I posted about before.
The spoken language is French, with English subtitles.
If you wish to download a version to play directly on your own computer, you can do that here. The original video without embedded subtitles can be downloaded here.
Today Bolivia enacted a food sovereignty law intended to better develop national food production, based on traditional varieties produced by small scale farmers and non commercial seeds.
Here are some video interviews of Alan Kapuler posted at Cooking Up a Story. They aren’t dated, and I while I’ve seen the first two before, I just came across the third one, so don’t know how long it’s been available. It might be old news by now.
This is an ‘ongoing’ series, so be sure to check back at the link above for possible future releases.
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Within hours of me announcing my new domain, fellow blogger Emma Cooper in the UK also announced her new domain, EmmaCooper.org. Emma is a blogger, podcaster, writer, gardener, chicken raiser and who knows what else. She and her partner Pete have been working hard the last days and weeks preparing a new website, where you can read more about her and what she does.
