vandana shiva

Vandana Shiva is a modern day revolutionary, and for forty years has been fighting a heroic battle on behalf of humanity and the ecologically besieged natural systems that support us. Her conversation farm ‘Navdanya’ in India is a beacon of resilience and agricultural education. Vandana’s background is as a physicist and she has published books with themes ranging from quantum theory to seed sovereignty.

Vandana famously fiercely defended indigenous seed varieties and farmers against the Green Revolution’s commercial seed and chemical fertilisers, which had firmly gripped Asia in the 80’s. Vandana is a powerful spokesperson warning about the Indian experience of the destructive impact of genetically modified crops and chemical inputs.