How big agriculture is taking over our diets

Just a few companies control half of the world’s commercial seeds. They dictate what farmers grow and how – and what ends up on our plates. How did we get into this food mess? And is there a way out of it? Reporter: Tatiana Kondratenko Camera: Serdar Vardar Video Editor: Markus Mörtz Supervising Editors: Joanna Gottschalk & Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. #PlanetA #Agriculture #FoodSecurity Read More: Svalbard Global Seed Vault’s Seed Portal: https://seedvault.nordgen.org/ Genetically Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/cat... The Open-Source Seed Initiative: https://osseeds.org/ Underutilized Wild Crops in Koraput, India: https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volu... Use of Glyphosate in the US: https://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/pnsp/usa... Trends in Varietal Diversity of Main Staple Crops in Asia and Africa: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:00 Old-school way of farming 01:35 Monsanto, a chemical company 03:00 Blockbuster weed killer 03:59 Magical seeds 05:07 Monsanto’s new system 06:51 Globalized diet 07:17 Traditional seeds & diversity 08:21 Seed banks 11:11 Conclusion