Les semences

A vital heritage on the verge of extinction.

75% of seed varieties have disappeared in a century. Yet they are the very foundation of life. How, then, can we explain that this crucial issue has been kept out of reach and beyond the understanding of the general public for so long?

It is true that the regulations are particularly complex. But above all, whoever owns the seed controls the entire food chain. Controlling this global market involves colossal financial stakes. This appropriation of the common good began to take shape more than fifty years ago with industrial seeds.

Today, it is intensifying with GMOs and “new GMOs,” depriving farmers around the world of the basic right to grow their own seeds.

How and why has this precious resource—which should belong to everyone—been privatized? What are the proven consequences of this approach? What risks does it pose to nature, of which human beings are themselves a part? These are the questions—vital to our future—addressed in this blog post.