Such an inspirational human being .... in this day an age ... so hard to find the likes ... She is truly a beautiful mind ! I could not stop watching all of her videos .... More importantly ... I have switched to a vegan diet .... that is the effect this woman has had on me .... Bless Her ❤️
Dr Shiva I am a Muslim and I am your age and I African American, but you're such amazing human being! I feel about food ,environmental crisis, money poverty ect as you discuss. I discovered India when through black and white TV in the 60s. I met and befriended many beautiful people from India. I thank Allah for your knowledge kindness, smile beautiful spirit. You're a Blessing to the world j recognize who you're and your humanity. May Allah reward you with good in this world and the next. I love and appreciate your land history strength and culture. You're a true LEADER to save the earth and speak strong against those who POISON this beautiful gift. Allah's Blessings to you and the world ♥️🦋🍒🥒🍏
Well that was nice to read, as an Indian. I support Shiva to an extent, but there are always two sides or more to something. Charging $40,000 for a lecture with business class airfare and her being from a privileged background does not put her in a good light. And her activism might not be 100% based on fact.
@@ColtraneTaylor that money she is using for people in india saving seeds its not easy task, she is giving her time and energy in giving talks , she is not marrierd no kids she is not eriching gerself likeu all do
Thank goodness im a single man I cook by myself, i use no washing machine, i do my dishes, i walk a lot and i never went to doctor in 23 years except for the time i had road accidents twice..
Dr VS is one of a kind...though a physicist it is astounding how much knowledge she has gathered unrelated to her field. Wish we had more like her to save planet earth. A pioneer indeed.
This wonderful women puts a smile on my face and in my heart. I hope we can awaken to the truth of her message to humanity. Please, please listen to what she has to say.
People like her add years to humanity and prevent its extinction. Her worth will be remembered a century later when life on Earth nears end due to exploitation.
Dr Vandhana speaks with so much depth and meaning that throughout this video, I was totally glued and stunned by her pearls of wisdom. Thank you Dr Vandhana for sharing these truths with us 💚
"We work together ~ collectively"! What a wonderful concept 🙏 I would love to participate in this project. I have a green thumb 🌱 And a heart of gold 💚
OMG, Indian media and government should listen to her. She is so brave, smart, and beautiful. Let's slow down for a bit and think about what we are creating for our future.
respectful salutations to the divine woman who inspires and generates confidence in the society. would you kindly consider expanding your movement navadhanya to entire India and guide formers to follow your footsteps. Pranams.
The absolutely adorable Dr. Shiva-a gift to humanity. She encourages us to nourish the earth as it nourishes is. She is a caring human being in every sense of the word. God bless and long life, Dr. Shiva. Your message is being heard far and wide.
She counts on you gullible types to make her living. Indian environmental scientist blasts anti-GMO celebrity Vandana Shiva for ‘baseless’ assault on biotech crops June 9, 2020 "A reader curious about celebrities’ role in the radical environmental movement emailed me recently. He wondered if …. their claims about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) were credible. [Editor’s note: Vijay Jayaraj holds an M.Sc in environmental science from the University of East Anglia, England] He was particularly interested in anti-GMO claims by …. Vandana Shiva. Shiva is no newbie to GMO. She speaks often against it. Her celebrity status gives her high visibility. Recently, Shiva claimed that Bill Gates perpetuates Monsanto’s work by promoting GMO in India. She said GMO crops have a lower yield than non-GMO. She also said farmers would not choose GMO if not for Gates’s influence. Her claims are baseless.
I come from a region with high agricultural output. I know many farmers. The Indian government has no control over their choices of seeds. Farmers are concerned about their livelihood. Most prefer crops that give larger yield. Why? You can guess. They give higher profit margins. Farmers prefer [biotech] crops. Only a few experiment with organic farming. Many so-called “organic” products in India have high traces of toxins. That makes them dangerous. But they also cost twice as much as non-“organic.” Expensive, organic coconut oils from India sold in the United States may not be completely organic, despite certification. Shiva is popular in the media. But 95% of the farmers I know (hundreds in my own family circle) reject her ideas. India’s two major political parties support GMO. True, a few individuals side with the anti-GMO lobby. But the dominant position is based on solid scientific testing. Yet anti-GMO groups have blocked GM crops through court interference. Shiva is a leading agent. Shiva’s claims on GMO farming are false. She calls Golden Rice a hoax. Golden Rice is a GM variant that can help eradicate vitamin A deficiencies that cause blindness and death. Scientific authorities in nations like the US and Canada declare it safe and beneficial. Over 100 Nobel Laureates have hailed it. Although Shiva is involved in an anti-GM cartel, she is ignorant about GM. She is neither a biologist nor an expert on genetic science. Her bachelor’s degree was in physics. She specialized in the philosophy of science. Her doctoral dissertation mused on the “hidden variables and locality in quantum theory.” Vandana Shiva is a radical environmentalist. Her anti-GMO policies reduce poor farmers’ profits and deprive other poor people of affordable food. Pop-culture celebrities like her, who pontificate on matters on which they know little or nothing, are a menace to agricultural and economic development." clashdaily.com/2020/06/pop-culture-celebrities-a-hurdle-to-agricultural-and-economic-liberation/
You are very right Vandana, we also destroy the architecture of the kitchen in the modern house, it's not the welcoming warmly room it was, it' s more a laboratory, where we use the fridge and the oven, without cooking or preparing wonderful liés or plates, talking with the family's members or the ones who come for a visait...... it's time to change! Thank you for being such a good lamp for that! From France, with Love...
Am from farmers family but fortunately or unfortunately i settled in Germany after my marriage. But my children should pursue their studies Agriculture. They should know the value of our land, cultivation, harvest, value of farmers and their work. Beauty of farming, seeds,water,sun,land.......
Wow ! The vegetation on that farm look very green vibrant,and healthy naturally not disease looking.Natural food is medicine for the body and builds the immune system. Artifically grown crops on manufactured chemicals are like adding hormones to animal feeds.The animal or plant grows quickly ,but not given sufficient time to store nourishment over the natural mature period.
She deserves Nobel prize. But the whole world is busy in popularising Greeta Thunberg who is just crying and mourning because of the climate change but doing nothing on the ground. Dr. Shiva constantly changing the world from the ground level. I urge God to give my ages to her so that she could live more and more to protect this Earth because I am doing nothing rather throwing my wastage on the face of the Earth.
Sheet Babu -This an unfair comment on Greeta who is just a young girl trying to show her concern for the world and Mother Earth. Grreta has got a movement of your people supporting her because they are all concerned about the Eart and what legacy we leave them. What has the Nobel Prize got to do with Greeta.
What does Dr. Shiva means with "artificially crated scarcity"? Is it about diverting our minds from the richness and beauties of nature, and narrow-mindedly focusing on human-made things like buildings, cars, smart phones?
Examples of artificially created scarcity - cultivating cotton or sugarcane in mass scale because it brings more cash quickly which in the long term undermines food security., corporations selling chemical fertilizers (with or without policy favours from governments by bribing) which increases input costs for farmers and in the long term leads to soil infertility which in turn leads to low yields which in turn undermines food security., Corporations bribing governments or a government of one country arm twisting the government of another country to export or import farm produce with no regard for the livelihoods of the farmers of that country.
Excellent interview! Thank you. I've seen Dr Shiva give impressive, scathing reports against the dominant paradigm, but it's was a treat to see her on her home turf in such a joyous, uplifting countenance. I look forward to more like this.
Her dialog is false. The global scientific community is fed up with it, hence this open letter from 39 real scientists to Shiva - About the anti-biotech activist Vandana 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/
@@ColtraneTaylor No! That is a very ignorant thing to say. Only one side has verified peer reviewed studies to prove what is a fact. The other side has liars, frauds and conspiracy theories with no proof. It is as different as night and day and you make it clear you have a very poor and incomplete education. Shiva helps no one. She refuses to speak to real farmers and real scientists because she know she is a fraud. She attacks Gates who has saved 122 million lives while she does nothing but collect $40,000 appearance fees. There is no 'pro GMO' group, there is only pro-science and honest educated people who know a fraud when we see one. Shiva's over sized bindi is an outward sign of egotism.
@@ColtraneTaylor *Indian environmental scientist blasts anti-GMO celebrity Vandana Shiva for ‘baseless’ assault on biotech crops* June 9, 2020 "A reader curious about celebrities’ role in the radical environmental movement emailed me recently. He wondered if …. their claims about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) were credible. [Editor’s note: Vijay Jayaraj holds an M.Sc in environmental science from the University of East Anglia, England] He was particularly interested in anti-GMO claims by …. Vandana Shiva. Shiva is no newbie to GMO. She speaks often against it. Her celebrity status gives her high visibility. Recently, Shiva claimed that Bill Gates perpetuates Monsanto’s work by promoting GMO in India. She said GMO crops have a lower yield than non-GMO. She also said farmers would not choose GMO if not for Gates’s influence. Her claims are baseless.
I come from a region with high agricultural output. I know many farmers. The Indian government has no control over their choices of seeds. Farmers are concerned about their livelihood. Most prefer crops that give larger yield. Why? You can guess. They give higher profit margins. Farmers prefer [biotech] crops. Only a few experiment with organic farming. Many so-called “organic” products in India have high traces of toxins. That makes them dangerous. But they also cost twice as much as non-“organic.” Expensive, organic coconut oils from India sold in the United States may not be completely organic, despite certification. Shiva is popular in the media. But 95% of the farmers I know (hundreds in my own family circle) reject her ideas. India’s two major political parties support GMO. True, a few individuals side with the anti-GMO lobby. But the dominant position is based on solid scientific testing. Yet anti-GMO groups have blocked GM crops through court interference. Shiva is a leading agent. Shiva’s claims on GMO farming are false. She calls Golden Rice a hoax. Golden Rice is a GM variant that can help eradicate vitamin A deficiencies that cause blindness and death. Scientific authorities in nations like the US and Canada declare it safe and beneficial. Over 100 Nobel Laureates have hailed it. Although Shiva is involved in an anti-GM cartel, she is ignorant about GM. She is neither a biologist nor an expert on genetic science. Her bachelor’s degree was in physics. She specialized in the philosophy of science. Her doctoral dissertation mused on the “hidden variables and locality in quantum theory.” Vandana Shiva is a radical environmentalist. Her anti-GMO policies reduce poor farmers’ profits and deprive other poor people of affordable food. Pop-culture celebrities like her, who pontificate on matters on which they know little or nothing, are a menace to agricultural and economic development." clashdaily.com/2020/06/pop-culture-celebrities-a-hurdle-to-agricultural-and-economic-liberation/
This video was filmed in "heaven'.in case you didn't know,we are already in the garden of eden.all we have to do is relax,and enjoy this wonderful place.its right outside.and,if you are in a cement kingdom,you can still see it,trying to grow through the cracks in the pavement 🌱
God Bless V. Shiva, the women, and families around her, who KNOW to value traditional knowledge, & show gratitude to earth. Avoid the BIG war-making companies turning to food-control through GMO and patenting foods and knowledge the poorest gave this entire human race. shalom, shalom! Om Tat Sat!
T E A R My infinite Pranams At your feet DOCTOR VANDANA Siva. I am a meditator on pineal gland for 40 years.Studied comparative spiritual lit but ultimately found splace in tat tvam asi. Am 67 lko Want to see Dr VSone day. Is vs in Dehradoon uk india S
Yoga of the earth Yoga = union to become one with from what we become. Only thing that our bodies are is of what the dirt became with a seed Shaktie on earth living breathing Shakthie. Aum namasivaaya Hari Aum
Indian environmental scientist blasts anti-GMO celebrity Vandana Shiva for ‘baseless’ assault on biotech crops June 9, 2020 "A reader curious about celebrities’ role in the radical environmental movement emailed me recently. He wondered if …. their claims about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) were credible. [Editor’s note: Vijay Jayaraj holds an M.Sc in environmental science from the University of East Anglia, England] He was particularly interested in anti-GMO claims by …. Vandana Shiva. Shiva is no newbie to GMO. She speaks often against it. Her celebrity status gives her high visibility. Recently, Shiva claimed that Bill Gates perpetuates Monsanto’s work by promoting GMO in India. She said GMO crops have a lower yield than non-GMO. She also said farmers would not choose GMO if not for Gates’s influence. Her claims are baseless.
I come from a region with high agricultural output. I know many farmers. The Indian government has no control over their choices of seeds. Farmers are concerned about their livelihood. Most prefer crops that give larger yield. Why? You can guess. They give higher profit margins. Farmers prefer [biotech] crops. Only a few experiment with organic farming. Many so-called “organic” products in India have high traces of toxins. That makes them dangerous. But they also cost twice as much as non-“organic.” Expensive, organic coconut oils from India sold in the United States may not be completely organic, despite certification. Shiva is popular in the media. But 95% of the farmers I know (hundreds in my own family circle) reject her ideas. India’s two major political parties support GMO. True, a few individuals side with the anti-GMO lobby. But the dominant position is based on solid scientific testing. Yet anti-GMO groups have blocked GM crops through court interference. Shiva is a leading agent. Shiva’s claims on GMO farming are false. She calls Golden Rice a hoax. Golden Rice is a GM variant that can help eradicate vitamin A deficiencies that cause blindness and death. Scientific authorities in nations like the US and Canada declare it safe and beneficial. Over 100 Nobel Laureates have hailed it. Although Shiva is involved in an anti-GM cartel, she is ignorant about GM. She is neither a biologist nor an expert on genetic science. Her bachelor’s degree was in physics. She specialized in the philosophy of science. Her doctoral dissertation mused on the “hidden variables and locality in quantum theory.” Vandana Shiva is a radical environmentalist. Her anti-GMO policies reduce poor farmers’ profits and deprive other poor people of affordable food. Pop-culture celebrities like her, who pontificate on matters on which they know little or nothing, are a menace to agricultural and economic development." clashdaily.com/2020/06/pop-culture-celebrities-a-hurdle-to-agricultural-and-economic-liberation/
Not all! *Indian environmental scientist blasts anti-GMO celebrity Vandana Shiva for ‘baseless’ assault on biotech crops* June 9, 2020 "A reader curious about celebrities’ role in the radical environmental movement emailed me recently. He wondered if …. their claims about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) were credible. [Editor’s note: Vijay Jayaraj holds an M.Sc in environmental science from the University of East Anglia, England] He was particularly interested in anti-GMO claims by …. Vandana Shiva. Shiva is no newbie to GMO. She speaks often against it. Her celebrity status gives her high visibility. Recently, Shiva claimed that Bill Gates perpetuates Monsanto’s work by promoting GMO in India. She said GMO crops have a lower yield than non-GMO. She also said farmers would not choose GMO if not for Gates’s influence. Her claims are baseless.
I come from a region with high agricultural output. I know many farmers. The Indian government has no control over their choices of seeds. Farmers are concerned about their livelihood. Most prefer crops that give larger yield. Why? You can guess. They give higher profit margins. Farmers prefer [biotech] crops. Only a few experiment with organic farming. Many so-called “organic” products in India have high traces of toxins. That makes them dangerous. But they also cost twice as much as non-“organic.” Expensive, organic coconut oils from India sold in the United States may not be completely organic, despite certification. Shiva is popular in the media. But 95% of the farmers I know (hundreds in my own family circle) reject her ideas. India’s two major political parties support GMO. True, a few individuals side with the anti-GMO lobby. But the dominant position is based on solid scientific testing. Yet anti-GMO groups have blocked GM crops through court interference. Shiva is a leading agent. Shiva’s claims on GMO farming are false. She calls Golden Rice a hoax. Golden Rice is a GM variant that can help eradicate vitamin A deficiencies that cause blindness and death. Scientific authorities in nations like the US and Canada declare it safe and beneficial. Over 100 Nobel Laureates have hailed it. Although Shiva is involved in an anti-GM cartel, she is ignorant about GM. She is neither a biologist nor an expert on genetic science. Her bachelor’s degree was in physics. She specialized in the philosophy of science. Her doctoral dissertation mused on the “hidden variables and locality in quantum theory.” Vandana Shiva is a radical environmentalist. Her anti-GMO policies reduce poor farmers’ profits and deprive other poor people of affordable food. Pop-culture celebrities like her, who pontificate on matters on which they know little or nothing, are a menace to agricultural and economic development." clashdaily.com/2020/06/pop-culture-celebrities-a-hurdle-to-agricultural-and-economic-liberation/
@@popeyegordon thanks for the insight view of this story...now we can learn both ways...now I think we can choose which is right way to preserve environment according by soils...not just based on related data...which may can vary different idea....
I don't know how i can personally can get into working with mam and this video producer or owner.. i would want to translate her work word by word in my language ( Tamil) the land of Tamil foods and Siddha medicine..
Her false dialogs have revolted the global scientific community. 39 REAL scientists wrote this open letter to Shiva - About the anti-biotech activist Vandana 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/
@@GeoffreyMays And yet you can offer no proof that any of my linked citations are wrong. I didn't even post my own opinion here. Citing the truth is what I do.
" I will know what I am eating and I will know the farmers who are growing it". These are the precious words not to be ignored.
So true. Thank you.
Such an inspirational human being .... in this day an age ... so hard to find the likes ... She is truly a beautiful mind ! I could not stop watching all of her videos ....
More importantly ... I have switched to a vegan diet .... that is the effect this woman has had on me .... Bless Her ❤️
🙏🏼
You are amazing. Bless you!
There's only one word that I could think of for Dr. Vandana Shiva - 'Ma Annapurna.' :)
a wonderful woman a real Lady
Namaste. I bow to two great souls speaking about a real subject the world needs now!
The most beautiful woman on the planet today. Astounds and inspires, every single time.
So true. She is so brave too. TY
@@LauraPlumb True heroine indeed. Thanks Laura for featuring her.
Dr Shiva I am a Muslim and I am your age and I African American, but you're such amazing human being! I feel about food ,environmental crisis, money poverty ect as you discuss. I discovered India when through black and white TV in the 60s. I met and befriended many beautiful people from India. I thank Allah for your knowledge kindness, smile beautiful spirit. You're a Blessing to the world j recognize who you're and your humanity. May Allah reward you with good in this world and the next. I love and appreciate your land history strength and culture. You're a true LEADER to save the earth and speak strong against those who POISON this beautiful gift. Allah's Blessings to you and the world ♥️🦋🍒🥒🍏
Well that was nice to read, as an Indian. I support Shiva to an extent, but there are always two sides or more to something. Charging $40,000 for a lecture with business class airfare and her being from a privileged background does not put her in a good light. And her activism might not be 100% based on fact.
@@ColtraneTaylor that money she is using for people in india saving seeds its not easy task, she is giving her time and energy in giving talks , she is not marrierd no kids she is not eriching gerself likeu all do
@@ColtraneTaylordude just go and research before putting your English worst words that come out of your vomiting mouth
Thank goodness im a single man I cook by myself, i use no washing machine, i do my dishes, i walk a lot and i never went to doctor in 23 years except for the time i had road accidents twice..
Dr VS is one of a kind...though a physicist it is astounding how much knowledge she has gathered unrelated to her field. Wish we had more like her to save planet earth. A pioneer indeed.
It is related. That’s the secret 🤫
To not despair and internalize hate and fear - Vandana that’s exactly how I feel . I can’t wait to start my new journey and learn from you 🙏🏻
This wonderful women puts a smile on my face and in my heart. I hope we can awaken to the truth of her message to humanity. Please, please listen to what she has to say.
I agree. Thank you
True goddess of this time. Absolutely beautiful Vandana Shiva !
I like Vandana Shiva , their thoughts are absolute no other option. she is the only who explain life truly.
Love to both of you. I need to read more of Vandana's books. Thank you.
Thank you. She is a treasure 🙏🏽
People like her add years to humanity and prevent its extinction. Her worth will be remembered a century later when life on Earth nears end due to exploitation.
Thank you very much and Namasté, ❤🌿🔥🍀🌒🌕🌘🍀🔥🌿❤ Blessed Be.
Just came to know about her.immediately following.
Great person
"Mahātmā" Vandana Shiva.
Yes! Thank you.
@@LauraPlumb ... my pleasure and thank you. Spreading her message is an highly important contribution for a better world (a future).
Dr Shiva you are a beautiful person !!!
DR vandana Shiva ji ,u r words give me great hope,it feels what I feel u turn it all into words it brings me to tears n I love it .🙏💓🙏💓🙏💓🙏🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝
Every time I listen to the wonderful Vandana Shiva, I smile with all my heart. Precious!
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Your Contribution For Environment & our Society Highly Appreciate.
Dr Vandhana speaks with so much depth and meaning that throughout this video, I was totally glued and stunned by her pearls of wisdom. Thank you Dr Vandhana for sharing these truths with us 💚
"We work together ~ collectively"! What a wonderful concept 🙏 I would love to participate in this project. I have a green thumb 🌱 And a heart of gold 💚
You can go to the farm and work there! Google Navdanya :)
OMG, Indian media and government should listen to her. She is so brave, smart, and beautiful. Let's slow down for a bit and think about what we are creating for our future.
Yes, all media everywhere. 🙏🏽
It appears indian media almost completely avoid her.
Mother Vandana is A poetry taken shape of human.
Well said. Thanks for this inspiring descriptive.
Wonderful woman spoken all words which is in many conscious hearts who care about nature. blessed by nature.
Every words are "Golden". Amazing to here from such a wise lady..love n respect from bottom of heart.
Bow to shivaji..we need such honest traditional people who value n spread our ancient civilization n culture with pride...we need to follow it ..
Yes, truly! We all do.
respectful salutations to the divine woman who inspires and generates confidence in the society. would you kindly consider expanding your movement navadhanya to entire India and guide formers to follow your footsteps. Pranams.
The absolutely adorable Dr. Shiva-a gift to humanity. She encourages us to nourish the earth as it nourishes is. She is a caring human being in every sense of the word. God bless and long life, Dr. Shiva. Your message is being heard far and wide.
She counts on you gullible types to make her living. Indian environmental scientist blasts anti-GMO celebrity Vandana Shiva for ‘baseless’ assault on biotech crops June 9, 2020 "A reader curious about celebrities’ role in the radical environmental movement emailed me recently. He wondered if …. their claims about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) were credible.
[Editor’s note: Vijay Jayaraj holds an M.Sc in environmental science from the University of East Anglia, England]
He was particularly interested in anti-GMO claims by …. Vandana Shiva. Shiva is no newbie to GMO. She speaks often against it. Her celebrity status gives her high visibility. Recently, Shiva claimed that Bill Gates perpetuates Monsanto’s work by promoting GMO in India. She said GMO crops have a lower yield than non-GMO. She also said farmers would not choose GMO if not for Gates’s influence.
Her claims are baseless.
I come from a region with high agricultural output. I know many farmers. The Indian government has no control over their choices of seeds. Farmers are concerned about their livelihood. Most prefer crops that give larger yield. Why? You can guess. They give higher profit margins. Farmers prefer [biotech] crops. Only a few experiment with organic farming.
Many so-called “organic” products in India have high traces of toxins. That makes them dangerous. But they also cost twice as much as non-“organic.” Expensive, organic coconut oils from India sold in the United States may not be completely organic, despite certification.
Shiva is popular in the media. But 95% of the farmers I know (hundreds in my own family circle) reject her ideas.
India’s two major political parties support GMO. True, a few individuals side with the anti-GMO lobby. But the dominant position is based on solid scientific testing.
Yet anti-GMO groups have blocked GM crops through court interference. Shiva is a leading agent.
Shiva’s claims on GMO farming are false. She calls Golden Rice a hoax. Golden Rice is a GM variant that can help eradicate vitamin A deficiencies that cause blindness and death. Scientific authorities in nations like the US and Canada declare it safe and beneficial. Over 100 Nobel Laureates have hailed it.
Although Shiva is involved in an anti-GM cartel, she is ignorant about GM. She is neither a biologist nor an expert on genetic science. Her bachelor’s degree was in physics. She specialized in the philosophy of science. Her doctoral dissertation mused on the “hidden variables and locality in quantum theory.” Vandana Shiva is a radical environmentalist. Her anti-GMO policies reduce poor farmers’ profits and deprive other poor people of affordable food. Pop-culture celebrities like her, who pontificate on matters on which they know little or nothing, are a menace to agricultural and economic development." clashdaily.com/2020/06/pop-culture-celebrities-a-hurdle-to-agricultural-and-economic-liberation/
@@popeyegordon your comments are worth checking into. Thanks for stepping up and voicing your opinion.
@@teddyraffudeen7056 I voiced no personal opinion. I quoted a highly qualified scientist who's weight here is far more relevant than my own opinion.
Abundance that word sums it up x🙏
Best message on Earth!! 🌈💖😁
Thank you
Amazing woman. She is the epitome of how one person can be the inspiration to help many change the World.
Yes she is. Thank you.
"You are therefor i am"...❤️💞💫🙏😊🌏🌎🌍
Love this wonderful lady
You are very right Vandana, we also destroy the architecture of the kitchen in the modern house, it's not the welcoming warmly room it was, it' s more a laboratory, where we use the fridge and the oven, without cooking or preparing wonderful liés or plates, talking with the family's members or the ones who come for a visait...... it's time to change! Thank you for being such a good lamp for that! From France, with Love...
Am from farmers family but fortunately or unfortunately i settled in Germany after my marriage. But my children should pursue their studies Agriculture. They should know the value of our land, cultivation, harvest, value of farmers and their work. Beauty of farming, seeds,water,sun,land.......
My grandmother use to ware saree like that.... Love u granny
i really appreciate her work, i wish i could contribute to her work.
One of the Agro University of India!
I lover her so much ❤❤❤ She‘s an exceptional human being ❤.
Her kindness n selflessness is reflected in every single word of her speech..feel like may i blessed as her son....
Yes, Kishor. I agree. Thank you.
@@LauraPlumb I would like to connect with her mission ......I live in mumbai.
@@prettyp1812 Wonderful! She is between Delhi, and Navdanya near Dehradun. Please write to her via www.navdanya.org/
I have visited that place many times..I learnt a lot from the fraternity over there...
Please share your experience n guide to visit?
@@fortunec7461 sir I had a very meaningful interaction with the students there. they treated me well with their self prepared organic food...
I Saw Her to climb a Velley with a big bag Camara Even tamprature was 40'.
She is Very Energetic & Helpful
Wow ! The vegetation on that farm look very green vibrant,and healthy naturally not disease looking.Natural food is medicine for the body and builds the immune system. Artifically grown crops on manufactured chemicals are like adding hormones to animal feeds.The animal or plant grows quickly ,but not given sufficient time to store nourishment over the natural mature period.
I need a hug .......Vandana mam....
I love ❤️ her so much she is the divine feminine
She deserves Nobel prize. But the whole world is busy in popularising Greeta Thunberg who is just crying and mourning because of the climate change but doing nothing on the ground. Dr. Shiva constantly changing the world from the ground level. I urge God to give my ages to her so that she could live more and more to protect this Earth because I am doing nothing rather throwing my wastage on the face of the Earth.
Sheet Babu -This an unfair comment on Greeta who is just a young girl trying to show her concern for the world and Mother Earth. Grreta has got a movement of your people supporting her because they are all concerned about the Eart and what legacy we leave them. What has the Nobel Prize got to do with Greeta.
I have immense love and respect for your work.
I would love to meet Dr. Shiva one day
Soo blissful, so inspiring, thanks to both of you.🙏
love and respect
What does Dr. Shiva means with "artificially crated scarcity"? Is it about diverting our minds from the richness and beauties of nature, and narrow-mindedly focusing on human-made things like buildings, cars, smart phones?
Examples of artificially created scarcity - cultivating cotton or sugarcane in mass scale because it brings more cash quickly which in the long term undermines food security., corporations selling chemical fertilizers (with or without policy favours from governments by bribing) which increases input costs for farmers and in the long term leads to soil infertility which in turn leads to low yields which in turn undermines food security., Corporations bribing governments or a government of one country arm twisting the government of another country to export or import farm produce with no regard for the livelihoods of the farmers of that country.
VANDANA SHIVA!!!
She is a truly warrior
Excellent interview! Thank you. I've seen Dr Shiva give impressive, scathing reports against the dominant paradigm, but it's was a treat to see her on her home turf in such a joyous, uplifting countenance. I look forward to more like this.
Her dialog is false. The global scientific community is fed up with it, hence this open letter from 39 real scientists to Shiva - About the anti-biotech activist Vandana 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 There is BS and dangerous nonsense on both sides. It's just that you pro-GMO "scientists" are far worse than Shiva.
@@ColtraneTaylor No! That is a very ignorant thing to say. Only one side has verified peer reviewed studies to prove what is a fact. The other side has liars, frauds and conspiracy theories with no proof. It is as different as night and day and you make it clear you have a very poor and incomplete education. Shiva helps no one. She refuses to speak to real farmers and real scientists because she know she is a fraud. She attacks Gates who has saved 122 million lives while she does nothing but collect $40,000 appearance fees. There is no 'pro GMO' group, there is only pro-science and honest educated people who know a fraud when we see one. Shiva's over sized bindi is an outward sign of egotism.
@@ColtraneTaylor *Indian environmental scientist blasts anti-GMO celebrity Vandana Shiva for ‘baseless’ assault on biotech crops* June 9, 2020 "A reader curious about celebrities’ role in the radical environmental movement emailed me recently. He wondered if …. their claims about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) were credible.
[Editor’s note: Vijay Jayaraj holds an M.Sc in environmental science from the University of East Anglia, England]
He was particularly interested in anti-GMO claims by …. Vandana Shiva. Shiva is no newbie to GMO. She speaks often against it. Her celebrity status gives her high visibility. Recently, Shiva claimed that Bill Gates perpetuates Monsanto’s work by promoting GMO in India. She said GMO crops have a lower yield than non-GMO. She also said farmers would not choose GMO if not for Gates’s influence.
Her claims are baseless.
I come from a region with high agricultural output. I know many farmers. The Indian government has no control over their choices of seeds. Farmers are concerned about their livelihood. Most prefer crops that give larger yield. Why? You can guess. They give higher profit margins. Farmers prefer [biotech] crops. Only a few experiment with organic farming.
Many so-called “organic” products in India have high traces of toxins. That makes them dangerous. But they also cost twice as much as non-“organic.” Expensive, organic coconut oils from India sold in the United States may not be completely organic, despite certification.
Shiva is popular in the media. But 95% of the farmers I know (hundreds in my own family circle) reject her ideas.
India’s two major political parties support GMO. True, a few individuals side with the anti-GMO lobby. But the dominant position is based on solid scientific testing.
Yet anti-GMO groups have blocked GM crops through court interference. Shiva is a leading agent.
Shiva’s claims on GMO farming are false. She calls Golden Rice a hoax. Golden Rice is a GM variant that can help eradicate vitamin A deficiencies that cause blindness and death. Scientific authorities in nations like the US and Canada declare it safe and beneficial. Over 100 Nobel Laureates have hailed it.
Although Shiva is involved in an anti-GM cartel, she is ignorant about GM. She is neither a biologist nor an expert on genetic science. Her bachelor’s degree was in physics. She specialized in the philosophy of science. Her doctoral dissertation mused on the “hidden variables and locality in quantum theory.” Vandana Shiva is a radical environmentalist. Her anti-GMO policies reduce poor farmers’ profits and deprive other poor people of affordable food. Pop-culture celebrities like her, who pontificate on matters on which they know little or nothing, are a menace to agricultural and economic development." clashdaily.com/2020/06/pop-culture-celebrities-a-hurdle-to-agricultural-and-economic-liberation/
I wish you were my mom vandana ma'am🙏🌳☘️💞❤️😘
I agree. We all have to balance the feminine and masculine within ourselves.
This video was filmed in "heaven'.in case you didn't know,we are already in the garden of eden.all we have to do is relax,and enjoy this wonderful place.its right outside.and,if you are in a cement kingdom,you can still see it,trying to grow through the cracks in the pavement 🌱
Yes, absolutely. Thank you.
Vandana Shiva .............. Manas Putri of MOTHER NATURE
God Bless V. Shiva, the women, and families around her, who KNOW to value traditional knowledge, & show gratitude to earth. Avoid the BIG war-making companies turning to food-control through GMO and patenting foods and knowledge the poorest gave this entire human race. shalom, shalom! Om Tat Sat!
Real farmers hate her. Why is she not speaking up for them now as they protest in their streets about new farming policies that favor big business?
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My infinite Pranams
At your feet DOCTOR VANDANA Siva.
I am a meditator on pineal gland for 40 years.Studied comparative spiritual lit but ultimately found splace in tat tvam asi.
Am 67 lko
Want to see Dr VSone day.
Is vs in Dehradoon uk india
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Yoga of the earth
Yoga = union
to become one with from what we become. Only thing that our bodies are is of what the dirt became with a seed
Shaktie on earth living breathing Shakthie. Aum namasivaaya Hari Aum
she is my guru
If you have ever worked on a farm, you will realize that you are doing yoga while you work
Love this! TY
she is plant woman and she learnt many things and I also want meet one day and she should get noble prize
Wonderful
Great person, we are Indian always proud to have such great personality in our soil, who thinks always about the nature
Indian environmental scientist blasts anti-GMO celebrity Vandana Shiva for ‘baseless’ assault on biotech crops June 9, 2020 "A reader curious about celebrities’ role in the radical environmental movement emailed me recently. He wondered if …. their claims about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) were credible.
[Editor’s note: Vijay Jayaraj holds an M.Sc in environmental science from the University of East Anglia, England]
He was particularly interested in anti-GMO claims by …. Vandana Shiva. Shiva is no newbie to GMO. She speaks often against it. Her celebrity status gives her high visibility. Recently, Shiva claimed that Bill Gates perpetuates Monsanto’s work by promoting GMO in India. She said GMO crops have a lower yield than non-GMO. She also said farmers would not choose GMO if not for Gates’s influence.
Her claims are baseless.
I come from a region with high agricultural output. I know many farmers. The Indian government has no control over their choices of seeds. Farmers are concerned about their livelihood. Most prefer crops that give larger yield. Why? You can guess. They give higher profit margins. Farmers prefer [biotech] crops. Only a few experiment with organic farming.
Many so-called “organic” products in India have high traces of toxins. That makes them dangerous. But they also cost twice as much as non-“organic.” Expensive, organic coconut oils from India sold in the United States may not be completely organic, despite certification.
Shiva is popular in the media. But 95% of the farmers I know (hundreds in my own family circle) reject her ideas.
India’s two major political parties support GMO. True, a few individuals side with the anti-GMO lobby. But the dominant position is based on solid scientific testing.
Yet anti-GMO groups have blocked GM crops through court interference. Shiva is a leading agent.
Shiva’s claims on GMO farming are false. She calls Golden Rice a hoax. Golden Rice is a GM variant that can help eradicate vitamin A deficiencies that cause blindness and death. Scientific authorities in nations like the US and Canada declare it safe and beneficial. Over 100 Nobel Laureates have hailed it.
Although Shiva is involved in an anti-GM cartel, she is ignorant about GM. She is neither a biologist nor an expert on genetic science. Her bachelor’s degree was in physics. She specialized in the philosophy of science. Her doctoral dissertation mused on the “hidden variables and locality in quantum theory.” Vandana Shiva is a radical environmentalist. Her anti-GMO policies reduce poor farmers’ profits and deprive other poor people of affordable food. Pop-culture celebrities like her, who pontificate on matters on which they know little or nothing, are a menace to agricultural and economic development." clashdaily.com/2020/06/pop-culture-celebrities-a-hurdle-to-agricultural-and-economic-liberation/
Inspiring. It's obligatory for every human being to be carbon neutral. That's the least we can give to mother Earth and next generation.
Please Send one seed to me!, i will make many! Doesnt matter what kind, ill make it happen! Thx Dr. Shiva!
💯❤️🙏
How i can be in touch with Dr Vandana Shiva ?
Google her and email!
Amen
Learnt many things feom her.
You are an inspiration to All. Thank you.
Not all! *Indian environmental scientist blasts anti-GMO celebrity Vandana Shiva for ‘baseless’ assault on biotech crops* June 9, 2020 "A reader curious about celebrities’ role in the radical environmental movement emailed me recently. He wondered if …. their claims about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) were credible.
[Editor’s note: Vijay Jayaraj holds an M.Sc in environmental science from the University of East Anglia, England]
He was particularly interested in anti-GMO claims by …. Vandana Shiva. Shiva is no newbie to GMO. She speaks often against it. Her celebrity status gives her high visibility. Recently, Shiva claimed that Bill Gates perpetuates Monsanto’s work by promoting GMO in India. She said GMO crops have a lower yield than non-GMO. She also said farmers would not choose GMO if not for Gates’s influence.
Her claims are baseless.
I come from a region with high agricultural output. I know many farmers. The Indian government has no control over their choices of seeds. Farmers are concerned about their livelihood. Most prefer crops that give larger yield. Why? You can guess. They give higher profit margins. Farmers prefer [biotech] crops. Only a few experiment with organic farming.
Many so-called “organic” products in India have high traces of toxins. That makes them dangerous. But they also cost twice as much as non-“organic.” Expensive, organic coconut oils from India sold in the United States may not be completely organic, despite certification.
Shiva is popular in the media. But 95% of the farmers I know (hundreds in my own family circle) reject her ideas.
India’s two major political parties support GMO. True, a few individuals side with the anti-GMO lobby. But the dominant position is based on solid scientific testing.
Yet anti-GMO groups have blocked GM crops through court interference. Shiva is a leading agent.
Shiva’s claims on GMO farming are false. She calls Golden Rice a hoax. Golden Rice is a GM variant that can help eradicate vitamin A deficiencies that cause blindness and death. Scientific authorities in nations like the US and Canada declare it safe and beneficial. Over 100 Nobel Laureates have hailed it.
Although Shiva is involved in an anti-GM cartel, she is ignorant about GM. She is neither a biologist nor an expert on genetic science. Her bachelor’s degree was in physics. She specialized in the philosophy of science. Her doctoral dissertation mused on the “hidden variables and locality in quantum theory.” Vandana Shiva is a radical environmentalist. Her anti-GMO policies reduce poor farmers’ profits and deprive other poor people of affordable food. Pop-culture celebrities like her, who pontificate on matters on which they know little or nothing, are a menace to agricultural and economic development." clashdaily.com/2020/06/pop-culture-celebrities-a-hurdle-to-agricultural-and-economic-liberation/
@@popeyegordon Thank you for educating us on this matter.
@@shriyanidemel9401 You are welcome. Please review this thread to see many more exposures of Shiva's transgressions I have provided in good faith.
@@popeyegordon thanks for the insight view of this story...now we can learn both ways...now I think we can choose which is right way to preserve environment according by soils...not just based on related data...which may can vary different idea....
I don't know how i can personally can get into working with mam and this video producer or owner.. i would want to translate her work word by word in my language ( Tamil) the land of Tamil foods and Siddha medicine..
I am the producer of this video. Please share! 🙏
How to reach navdanya
idle hands are the devils workshop how true!
Yes
Human, humus, humidity etc. are all derived from the Sanskrit word bhumi which means earth 🙂
Don't you love that? Sanskrit is our mother tongue. Jai Mata Bhumi!
Very nice
💕
I did learn myself to cook when I was 12
🙏🙏🙏
🙏❤👼
Hey Laura really appreciate your work on yoga
Feeling proud because of Iam a Indian
ಊರಿ ಮುಚ್ಚಡ್ಲು
That's not reason to be proud. If you have some accomplishments of your own then you can be.
She is lone fighter preserver of ancient techniques.
Vandana Shiva is a living earth goddess 🙏😍🌿🌺🍒
PhD "Hidden variables and locality in quantum theory"
Earth mother
we need some naked yoga to heal us:::lol:: all kidding aside:: am a big fan of your work Vandana Shiva::
Wisdom for covid -19 current global crisis.
World follws yoy.
Good job
Let Modi and Jaishankar listen to her
Prophet Muhammad PBAH said the best work is from your own hand.
@@fortunec7461 You have a dirty mind. Keep it to yourself, please and don@t impose it on others.
Soham means I am that.
11:29
Yes!!! But her $40.000 may be used for the purpose of helping people and the environmental issues.
I am not sure what you are refering to. She is helping people and the environment with every dime and every breath. 🙏🏽
@@LauraPlumb Please except my apology something I misunderstood. I thought you were saying she is asking for too much money.
@@Sunnahiman 🙏🏽
Her false dialogs have revolted the global scientific community. 39 REAL scientists wrote this open letter to Shiva - About the anti-biotech activist Vandana 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/
You've been eating too much GMO spinach Popeye....your heart has shriveled, and your true mind with it.
@@GeoffreyMays And yet you can offer no proof that any of my linked citations are wrong. I didn't even post my own opinion here. Citing the truth is what I do.