16 October 2008
Food: does diversity matter?
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Seventy-five per cent of the world's agricultural diversity has been lost in the past century. The global food trade means people all over the world are eating the same varieties of apples and tomatoes and drinking milk from the same breed of cow. Are we sacrificing variety and taste for uniformity and efficiency? Have you decided to grow your own food using rare seeds and breeds in response?
Guests
Helena Norberg-Hodge, Director, International Society for Ecology and Culture
Alan Bell, Chief, CSIRO Livestock Industries
Ian Parmenter, Food writer, Festival Director of Tasting Australia
William Marshall, rare breeds farmer, Kangaroo Island
Michael Daly, National Chairman of IGA
Further Information
Title: From the Ground Up: Rethinking Industrial Agriculture Helena Norberg-Hodge, Peter Goering, John Page: Zed Books
Presenter
Paul Barclay
Story Researcher and Producer
Liza Holman - 84 5061
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