How big agriculture is taking over our diets

Just a few companies control half of the world’s commercial seeds. They dictate what farmers grow and how – and what ends up on our plates. How did we get into this food mess? And is there a way out of it?

Reporter: Tatiana Kondratenko
Camera: Serdar Vardar
Video Editor: Markus Mörtz
Supervising Editors: Joanna Gottschalk & Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann

We’re destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn’t need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we’ll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.

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Read More:
Svalbard Global Seed Vault’s Seed Portal: https://seedvault.nordgen.org/

Genetically Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23395/genetically-engineered-crops-experiences-and-prospects

The Open-Source Seed Initiative: https://osseeds.org/

Underutilized Wild Crops in Koraput, India: https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/120/06/0989.pdf

Use of Glyphosate in the US: https://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/pnsp/usage/maps/show_map.php?year=2019&map=GLYPHOSATE&hilo=L&disp=Glyphosate

Trends in Varietal Diversity of Main Staple Crops in Asia and Africa: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349519459_Trends_in_Varietal_Diversity_of_Main_Staple_Crops_in_Asia_and_Africa_and_Implications_for_Sustainable_Food_Systems

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:00 Old-school way of farming
01:35 Monsanto, a chemical company
03:00 Blockbuster weed killer
03:59 Magical seeds
05:07 Monsanto’s new system
06:51 Globalized diet
07:17 Traditional seeds & diversity
08:21 Seed banks
11:11 Conclusion