Vandana Shiva

"Every seed saved is an act of resistance against corporate control of life."

"The future of food depends on decentralizing agriculture and empowering farmers."

"Organic matter in soil is living; chemical agriculture treats soil as dead mineral matter."

"Justice in food systems means fair prices for farmers and nutritious food for all."

"The diversity of traditional foods contains the diversity of nutrition we need."

"When corporations own seeds, they own the foundation of human existence."

"We can either choose to heal the earth or continue to destroy it; there is no neutral ground."

"The regeneration of agriculture is the regeneration of hope for a just and sustainable world."

"The seed of a plant contains the whole plant. We have forgotten that we are seeds of the earth."

"Monocultures of the mind are as dangerous as monocultures of farming."

"We are not separate from nature; we are nature become conscious of itself."

"The soil is not dead matter. It is alive with billions of microorganisms that make life possible."

"When we poison the earth, we poison ourselves."

"Biodiversity is the answer to every question of sustainability."

"The dominant economic paradigm treats the earth as a resource to be exploited."

"We must shift from thinking of nature as a machine to understanding it as a living organism."

"Food is not a commodity. It is the basis of our survival and our culture."

"The real wealth is in the soil, in the seeds, in the biodiversity of the land."

"Globalization has created a monoculture of commerce at the expense of local cultures."

"Water is not a resource; it is the foundation of life itself."

"We have industrialized agriculture and in doing so, we have made farming a war against nature."

"Every seed saved is an act of resistance and freedom."

"The earth does not belong to us; we belong to the earth."

"Industrial agriculture is agriculture without farmers, agriculture without care."

"Creativity and imagination are powers that the dominant system tries to suppress."

"We need to decolonize our minds from the tyranny of consumerism."

"The farmer's knowledge accumulated over millennia is being erased by corporate agriculture."

"Nature is the ultimate teacher if we learn to listen."

"Diversity in nature mirrors diversity in culture and thought."

"The corporate seed is a colonization of the commons."