My father, Rupert Stephens (1896-1976) was an organic farmer and gifted songwriter. This is one of his songs in praise of the earth, slightly modified, sung by my lovely daughter, Gurdeep Stephens, while I narrate the middle verse.
Check out the full post: http://thedeepersideblog.com/2013/04/20/this-earth-is-ours-song/
GMO OMG explores the systematic corporate takeover and potential loss of humanity’s most precious and ancient inheritance: seeds. Director Jeremy Seifert investigates how loss of seed diversity and corresponding laboratory assisted genetic alteration of food affects his young children, the health of our planet, and freedom of choice everywhere. GMO OMG follows one family’s struggle to live and eat without participating in an unhealthy, unjust, and destructive food system. In GMO OMG, the encroaching darkness of unknown health and environmental risks, chemical toxins, and food monopoly meets with the light of a growing global movement to take back what we have lost. Has the global food system been irrevocably hijacked?
Or can we take back our food, heal the planet, and live sustainably? The choice is ours, but we have to start now!
(Note: Nature’s Path is a financial contributor to the film, as we believe this film has the power to positively shift awareness of these issues which are critical to the survival of the human race. —Arran)
Washington, D.C. (July 9, 2013)—Selected from a record-breaking 26 nominations, the Organic Trade Association’s (OTA’s) 2013 Organic Leadership Awards will be presented to a passionate couple who have dedicated their lives to organic for almost three decades, a professional farmer who has advanced practices for growing organic tree fruit, and two emerging leaders on a mission to create meaningful opportunities for military veterans in organic. Read more