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SEED Advocacy

CommUNITY Learning Network has been promoting and supporting
seed sovereignty and heritage seed preservation
​locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally for years.
CommUNITY Learning Network
​student groups assisted in the development of the SEED Bank ​at Tesuque Pueblo Farm
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​CommUNITY Learning Network
helped develop the
Tesuque Pueblo Farm Website
Check out the Tesuque Pueblo Farm website
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CommUNITY Learning Network
​supported the La Escuela del Agua Project, a Heritage Seed stewardship ​project focused on conservation of local seeds, culture, and spirituality .
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CommUNITY Learning Network
was a featured participant with
​Dr. Larry Emerson and the
TDK Learning Community
 in the 
SEED Climate Change Resilience project

including the SEED Broadcast publication and the SEED Broadcast exhibit
​at the Albuquerque Museum.
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CommUNITY Learning Network
helped Storm Cloud Media 
​interview and film Vandana Shiva
LEARN MORE

Vandana Shiva Part 3 from Katie Teague on Vimeo.



Meet CommUNITY Educators
​who are SEED Advocates and Activists

Community Members from Tesuque Pueblo ​in the Film:

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PictureLouie Hena, elder and seed saver at the Tesuque Pueblo. Photo from seedthemovie.com
"Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds. Worshipped and treasured since the dawn of humankind, these subtle flecks of life are the source of all existence. Like tiny time capsules, they contain the songs, sustenance, memories, and medicines of entire cultures. They feed us, clothe us, and provide the raw materials for our everyday lives. In a very real sense, they are life itself.
Yet in our modern world, these precious gifts of nature are in grave danger. In less than a century of industrial agriculture, our once abundant seed diversity—painstakingly created by ancient farmers and gardeners over countless millennia—has been drastically winnowed down to a handful of mass-produced varieties. Under the spell of industrial “progress” and a lust for profit, our quaint family farmsteads have given way to mechanized agribusinesses sowing genetically identical crops on a monstrous scale. Recent news headlines suggest that Irish history may already be repeating in our globalized food system. Articles in the New York Times and other mainstream sources report the impending collapse of the world’s supplies of bananas, oranges, coffee and coconuts—all due to a shortsighted over-reliance on a single, fragile variety. Without seed diversity, crop diseases rise and empires fall."

Synopsis: "Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds. Worshipped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. SEED: The Untold Story follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94% of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies control the majority of our seeds, farmers, scientists, lawyers, and indigenous seed keepers fight a David and Goliath battle to defend the future of our food. In a harrowing and heartening story, these reluctant heroes rekindle a lost connection to our most treasured resource and revive a culture connected to seeds. SEED features Vandana Shiva, Dr. Jane Goodall, Andrew Kimbrell, Winona Laduke and Raj Patel."
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Story:  "More than a cautionary tale of “man against nature,” the remarkable story of seeds is an epic “good-versus-evil” saga playing out in our modern lives. For eons, cultures around the world have believed seeds to be our birthright: a covenant with the earth shared by all and passed down across generations. But today, our seeds are increasingly private property held in corporate hands. A cadre of ten agrichemical companies (including Syngenta, Bayer, and Monsanto) now controls more than two-thirds of the global seed market, reaping unprecedented profits. Genetically modified crops (GMOs) engineered in their sterile laboratories dominate farmers’ fields and dinner tables in the United States and countries around the world. Farmers from Minnesota to Madhya Pradesh, India toil in economic thrall to the “Gene Giants,” paying hefty licensing fees to plant their patented crops. If they attempt to save their own seed at the end of a season, following a tradition practiced by humans for over 12,000 years, they face ruthless prosecution. (Suffering under this indentured servitude, over 250,000 farmers in India have committed suicide in the last 20 years.)

People everywhere are waking up to the vital importance of seeds for our future. In recent months, March Against Monsanto protests have rallied millions in more than 400 cities and 50 countries to the cause of seed freedom. Ballot initiatives to label genetically modified foods have been proposed in U.S. cities from California to Connecticut—a direct threat to the profits of the Gene Giants and their Big Food cronies. Seed libraries, community gardens, and a new generation of passionate young farmers are cropping up to shift the balance toward a more sustainable and sovereign seed paradigm. A David and Goliath battle is underway, and the stakes couldn’t be higher."

Visit the website to learn more about Seed: The Untold Story
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      • SEED: Climate Change Resilience
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      • Indigi-Genius
      • Jicarilla Apache Youth FilmFest
      • Native American Network
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      • Walk in Beauty...Again Documentary Film
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