Houston Green Film Series: Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi

Title: Houston Green Film Series: Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi
Location: 2030 University Blvd Houston, TX 77030
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Description: Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi is a fifty-seven minute film shot in eleven countries that celebrates traditional foods and the plants they grow from. The film introduces the varied people who save seeds and stand at the source of humanity’s diverse food heritage. This is a David and Goliath story where resilience and persuasive logic triumph over seemingly invincible giant corporations.

The movie focuses on Pacific islanders, who face great challenges to their way of life, their culture and their traditional cultivation methodologies. They have fallen into the trap of replacing resilient locally-adapted food crop varieties with modern hybrids that require pesticides and chemical fertilizers. They replace innumerable varieties of root staples with imported low quality starch such as white rice, biscuits and noodles. These are all issues that are extremely relevant to Houston-area farmers and gardeners.
Start Time: 18:30
Date: 2012-01-25
End Time: 21:00