The Seed Keeper

Published in the ABC's Organic Gardener Magazine, July, 2025

In the wake of corporate dominance in the agricultural sector since the 1970s Green Revolution, eco-activist Dr Vandana Shiva spearheaded a movement to protect and promote India’s agricultural biodiversity, founding Navdanya (Nine Seeds) in 1991, and spawning a multitude of grassroots organisations supporting heirloom seed saving and a return to traditional farming methods…