Stolen Harvest

The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply (Culture of the Land)

By: Vandana Shiva

Narrated by: Ginger White

For the farmer, the seed is not merely the source of future plants and food; it is a vehicle through which culture and history can be preserved and spread to future generations. For centuries, farmers have evolved crops and produced an incredible diversity of plants that provide life-sustaining nutrition. This productive tradition, however, is under attack as globalized, corporate regimes increasingly exploit intellectual property laws to annex these sustaining seeds and remove them from the public sphere.

In Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply, Vandana Shiva explores the devastating effects of commercial agriculture and genetic engineering on the food we eat, the farmers who grow it, and the soil that sustains it. This prescient critique and call to action covers some of the most pressing topics of this ongoing dialogue, from the destruction of local food cultures and the privatization of plant life, to unsustainable industrial fish farming and safety concerns about corporately engineered foods. The preeminent agricultural activist and scientist of a generation, Shiva implores the farmers and consumers of the world to make a united stand against the genetically modified crops and untenable farming practices that endanger the seeds and plants that give us life.

The book is published by The University Press of Kentucky. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

"An unremitting indictment of genetic engineering, on moral, cultural, and economic grounds, especially as it applies to the third world." (New York Review of Books)

"A leading thinker who has eloquently blended her views on the environment, agriculture, spirituality, and women's rights into a powerful philosophy." (Utne Reader)

"The South's best known environmentalist." (New Internationalist)

©2016 Vandana Shiva (P)2021 Redwood Audiobooks

Vandana is correct.

Vandana understands what all people are experiencing today. She is an effective spokesperson for all people. Clearly written.

One of the most important books our our lifetime

Vandana is a force to be reckoned with - her intelligence, critical thinking, years of experience and research tie this book together. She does not narrate it herself, but the information is invaluable. Every human should listen to this book.

All around good book

Insightful look into agriculture and also the take over of corporations and effect on entire cultures. Also, performance of reading was smooth and easy to listen to.

Food is life! We must do more

Learning about the struggles those who grow the worlds food go through will help the rest of us act accordingly *fingers crossed*

Numbers and activism

So full of numbers that I cannot keep track.
One long and boring rage against everything new and against global companies. I understand the issue but got tired of this ranting along. You can always find numbers and statistics that will support your course and this is so full of numbers that it makes me think, she really really needs something to support and justify her course.