Seeds of Profit
Kasumi seemned
Sixty years of producing standardized fruit and vegetables and creating industrial hybrids have had a dramatic impact on their nutritional content. In the past 50 years, vegetables have lost 27% of their vitamin C and nearly half of their iron. Take the tomato. Through multiple hybridizations, scientists are constantly producing redder, smoother, firmer fruit. But in the process, it has lost a quarter of its calcium and more than half of its vitamins. The seeds that produce the fruits and vegetables we consume are now the property of a handful of multinationals who own them. These multinationals have their seeds produced predominantly in India, where workers are paid for just a handful of rupees. According to FAO, worldwide, 75% of the cultivated varieties have disappeared in the past 100 years. Loss of nutrients, privatization of life. We reveal the industrialists’ great monopoly over our fruit and veg.
| Director | Linda Bendali |
| Cinematography | Mathias Denizo |
| Editing | Quentin Egloff |
| Composer | Lionel Marçal |
| Producer | Luc Hermann and Paul Moreira |
| Production Company | Premières Lignes Télévision |
| Original Title | Les semences de la révolte |
| Entry Number | 20-527 |
| Country of Production |
France
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| Year of Production | 2019 |
| Running Time | 52’ |
| Language: | |
| Subtitles: | English |
