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Vandana Shiva argues that seeds should be shared resources, not private property. However, companies like Monsanto and Cargill have patented and claimed seeds as their own property. Shiva states this goes against the nature of seeds to be renewable resources that farmers traditionally save and share. The Green Revolution introduced genetically modified seeds that have led to lower crop yields and nutrient depletion in the soil. Shiva links this to the high rates of farmer suicides in India. She advocates fo

Author

Erik Chang

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