Reply #25: We've been following Dr Vandana Shiva [View All]

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for some years now. She's been on Democracy Now! and has appeared in numerous venues speaking out about the damage the GM crops have done to the most defenseless, both in terms of local farmers and local agriculture. On our little corner of the world farmlet, we've been growing more and more heirloom stuff, using up what hybrid seeds we've stored up until they're gone. We're keeping the two well-separate where pollenators aren't likely to cross-contaminate them, even to the extent of growing some indoors (giving us some yummy veggies over winter). There are lots of heirloom sites, and every payday we spend a few bucks to bank some seeds back against the day there might not be any or we might not have the cash to obtain them.

We've discovered some unusual crops that are reasonably prolific that will grow in our area. We've really had to do a lot of research and "out of the box" thinking to figure out what might feed us on such a small plot of land. Or "what is unusual enough to be wanted for trade?"

If you can't get past them, go around them. If you can't go around them, find a way to get beyond them. I'm enjoying foods I'd never heard of in my youth, and foods I grew up with are making a comeback.