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<\/strong>Dr. Vandana Shiva, world\u2010renowned environmental leader and thinker, urged members of the UTC community to spark a \u201cfood revolution\u201d based on sustainable food practices, political activism, and organic farming. As part of the Hunter Lecture Series, Shiva spoke on topics ranging from industrial agriculture to biodiversity to globalization before a large crowd in the Roland Hayes Concert Hall.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew there was a strong food movement in Chattanooga, given the delicious restaurants I\u2019ve eaten at and the farm I visited, but from the numbers that I hear, no one is going to be able to stop the food revolution,\u201d Shiva said.<\/p>\n

Shiva is currently the Director of the Research\u00a0Foundation on Science, Technology, and Ecology. Born in India, Shiva discussed how industrial agriculture has negatively affected the people of her native country. When chemicals were introduced into farming, the soil, seeds, and crops changed. \u201cThe industrial system of farming is turning our land into a desert,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have this huge paradox that the more rice and wheat we have grown, the more hunger has grown in India.\u201d According to Shiva, one out of every four Indians is hungry and many Kurdish women suffer from malnutrition.<\/p>\n

Industrial farming has also affected the United States. More than 15 million acres of American land has been taken over by \u201csuper weeds,\u201d plants that built up a resistance to pesticides. According to Shiva, Agent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War, is currently being sprayed on farms and fields in an effort to control the super weeds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe industrial farming system is a negative economy,\u201d Shiva continued. \u201cIt transforms the farm into a place for selling nonrenewable seeds and toxic chemicals.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFood maintains the web of life. Now we need to consciously strengthen and deepen the food web in order to reinvigorate the web of life,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen we become aware that the growing of food is feeding the web of life, we do a very different kind of agriculture. We start to do coevolution, cooperation, and conservation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Vandana Shiva, world\u2010renowned environmental leader and thinker, urged members of the UTC community to spark a \u201cfood revolution\u201d based on sustainable food practices, political activism, and organic farming. As part of the Hunter Lecture Series, Shiva spoke on topics ranging from industrial agriculture to biodiversity to globalization before a large crowd in the Roland… <\/p>\n

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