WPKN Archives: Digging the Dirt with Film maker Jon Betz/ SEED: The Untold Story

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Show:
Kevin Gallagher

Original Aired:
Monday, October 17th, 2016
4:58PM to 5:40PM

Duration:
42 minutes

Posted:
Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 8:58AM

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Episode: Digging the Dirt with Film maker Jon Betz/ SEED: The Untold Story

 On this chapter of "Digging in the Dirt". My guest is Jon Betz of Collective Mind Films. We will talk about his gorgeous, maddening new film - Seed: The Untold Story. Here is what the directors, Taggert Siegel & Jon, have to say about their new effort.

"For years, we have passionately made films that reveal our deep connection to nature and our food. The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2005), tells the story of a maverick farmer who saves his family farm against all odds. Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? (2010) investigates the mysterious colony collapse disorder ravaging honeybees around the world. Our latest film, SEED: The Untold Story began with an article in National Geographic reported that up to 96% of the vegetable seeds available in 1903 have disappeared. Within moments we knew that was our next film. The speed and scope of this loss is staggering, and its implications for our future are stark.... As we filmed seed savers, farmers, scientists and indigenous communities for SEED, we were struck by how little their voices are heard. SEED presents audiences with a hidden fabric of our food, the people that painstakingly and meticulously curate the diversity of our food. The film charts a David and Goliath battle as these marginalized people fight the large corporate power of chemical companies that now control the majority of our food.


http://www.seedthemovie.com/

Show: Kevin Gallagher

Kevin Gallagher

 

Heavy on the 60's & 70's, new artists, Boogie Blues, Blues-Rock, Alt-country, Folk, Funk, Acid Jazz and world music and Latin Jazz. Drop in every other  Monday of the month, 4-7 p.m. for musical meanderings with Kevin Gallagher. He'll drop the bucket down WPKN's musical well and see what he drags up.

"I know where things will start out, but I'm never quite sure where we'll end up. It's all about playing any kind of music that fires me up, with the occasional Interview thrown in".

Kevin

At 5 pm Monday's, Listen to "Digging in the Dirt",  where I talk to a guest working in and around agriculture, gardening, farming, gardening and food issues like organics, seeds, GMO and the Bionutrient movement and Climate Change issues.  You can go to all my Podcasts at this link.  https://soundcloud.com/wpkn895/sets/digging-in-the-dirt-on-wpkn

Kevin shares every other Monday 4-7 p.m. with Pete Stewart.

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