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DESCRIPTION:\nFilm evenings begin with potluck refreshments & social hour at  6:30 
 pm,\nfollowed by the film at  7:30 pm, followed by a discussion after the 
 film.\n\nBITTER SEEDS\nby Micha Peled\n\nAs industrial agriculture spreads 
 around the world, many small-scale farmers are losing their land.  Nowhere 
 is the situation more desperate than in India, where every 30 minutes one 
 farmer, deep in debt and unable to provide for his family, commits suicide. 
  It’s an epidemic, which has claimed over a quarter million lives.  
 Following a U.S. complaint to the World Trade Organization, India was 
 coerced into opening its doors to foreign seed companies.  Within a few 
 years, large corporations had taken over the country’s seed market, and 
 now only genetically modified (GM) seeds are available in many locations.  
 GM seeds are much more expensive for farmers, and require extensive 
 additional purchases such as insecticides and fertilizers.  Although large 
 corporations like Monsanto have prospered, small farmers are deep in debt 
 and unable to support their families.  An estimated 80% of farmers are only 
 able to borrow from private money lenders who charge extremely high 
 interest rates, adding to their indebtedness.  And to even obtain the 
 loans, farmers often have to use their land as collateral.  So many farmers 
 lose their land to corporations like Monsanto.\n\nThis film follows a 
 season, from sowing to harvest, in an Indian village where many small 
 farmers are struggling to make a living.  The film offers an intimate 
 portrait of the financial, family, and social tolls these GM seeds have had 
 on the farmers.  While proponents tout GM crops as the solution to world 
 hunger, this film provides a glimpse into the significant human costs 
 associated with the rise of multinational corporations and GM seeds. 
 \n\nThis film is brought to us by California Right to Know – campaigning 
 for the passage of Proposition 37 (labeling GM foods sold in California) in 
 our November ballots, to be voted on November 6.\n\nWheelchair accessible 
 around the corner at  411  28th  Street\n\n$5 donations are accepted\n\n \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/10/03/18722971.php
SUMMARY:Film: Bitter Seeds
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nuptown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/10/03/18722971.php
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