SEEDSUNDERSTAND THESTAKES INVOLVED

IN 5 MINS

SEEDS FORM THE FIRST LINKOF THE FOOD CHAIN ...

1

It’s me !

... THEY ARE THESOURCE OF OUR DIET

2

It’s still me . . .

3IN NATURE, ONE SEED PRODUCES A PLANT,WHICH IN TURN PRODUCES OTHER SEEDS.

My little little girls

4WHAT’S AN HYBRID SEED?

CROSSING TWO GENETICALLYDIFFERENT SEEDS PRODUCES A HYBRID.

Variety 1green bean

Gametes

Generation F 1

Variety 2green bean

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H Y B R I D I Z A T I O N

5HYBRIDIZATION CAN IMPROVECERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS ...

6BUT THE F1 HYBRID SEEDS CANNOT

REPRODUCE AND ARE DEGENERATIVE.*

* Characteristics such as yield and resistanceto disease decrease over the new generations.

THEY HAVE TO BE BOUGHT EVERY YEAR !

7TO BE COMMERCIALIZED OR TRADED,A VARIETY NEEDS TO BE REGISTERED

IN THE OFFICIAL CATALOGUE

8IN THIS CATALOGUE,

THERE ARE 6000 VARIETIES THAT AREOWNED BY 5 BIG MULTINATIONALS ...

995% OF THESE VARIETIES

ARE HYBRID AND HAVE TO BE BOUGHTEVERY YEAR BY THE FARMERS !

The pesticides and fertilizers are soldby the same multinationals.

10THEY REQUIRE MORE

PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERSTHAN TRADITIONAL SEEDS. ...

11A MULTITUDE OF VARIETIES ADAPTED

FOR DIFFERENT SOIL TYPES AND CLIMATES,CAN NO LONGER BE CULTIVATED.

Who’s fault is it ?

Farmers all over the globe are stripped oftheir seeds by the seed industry.

1275% OF EDIBLE VARIETIES

HAVE DISAPPEARED IN 100 YEARS. (SOURCE FAO)

The seed industry has the bargaining powerto impose their genetically modified seeds.

13MONSANTO PRODUCES 1/3 OF CORN SEEDS

BOUGHT FOR FARMING IN FRANCE.

STORING AND SHARINGLIVING SEEDS IS INDISPENSABLE :

- TO PRESERVE THE BIODIVERSITY- TO BE FREE TO CHOOSE WHAT WE EAT

- FOR OUR HEALTH

IT IS THE REASON WHY WE LAUNCHED

GRAINES DE VIEOUR SUPPORTERS :

VANDANA SHIVAPIERRE RABHIPHILIPPE DESBROSSESFRANÇOIS ROUILLAYJEAN-MARIE PELTCOLINE SERREAUCARLO PETRINI

(SEEDS OF LIFE)

GRAINES DE VIEIS A GLOBAL CITIZEN MOVEMENT TO SAVE

THE VEGETABLE AND FRUIT SEEDS.

JOIN US IN OUR EFFORTAND FEEL FREE TO CONTRIBUTE

TO THIS MOVEMENT ON

A FILM TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE STAKES INVOLVED :

GRAINES

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