{"id":467,"date":"2021-05-18T06:25:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T06:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/?p=467"},"modified":"2021-07-27T09:57:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T09:57:49","slug":"05-21-green-counter-revolution-local-organic-women-farmers-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/?p=467","title":{"rendered":"#05-21 Green Counter-Revolution &#8230; Local organic women farmers in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The so-called Green Revolution in India increased one measure of &#8220;productivity&#8221; at the cost of much else, including nutrition, sustainability, loss of biodiversity, and local loss of control. The Green Foundation based in Karnataka state started by encouraging local seed-saving and has built a network of women farmers who also process their own crops locally &#8211; improving local nutrition, economy, and environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Host(s):<\/strong>&nbsp;Smita Ramanathan and Manju Venkat<br><strong>Featured Speakers\/Guests:<\/strong>&nbsp;Singer and farmer: Jayamma, from Therubeedi village near Bangalore; Vanaja Ramprasad, founder, Green Foundation; Sumathi, a longtime organic farmer who heads the Maruthi Oil Press Group in the village of Maralwadi; VijayaKumari and Sarvamangala from the Mahadeshwara Seed Producers Group<br><br><strong>Credits:<\/strong>&nbsp;Smita Ramanathan \u2013 Producer, Interviews, Script, Narration; Manju Venkat \u2013 Co-producer, Interviews, Narration; Indu Ramesh \u2013 Programme Mentor, Script Adviser; M.R. Ramamurthy \u2013 Sound Engineer, Editor; Series Producer, Frieda Werden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong>\u00a0As of 2021, the Green Foundation is working with more than 2400 small scale and marginal farmers around Karnataka, empowering them to attain food and economic security. &#8220;More than 26 years after we were first established, we are still committed to our vision of a well-preserved, diverse ecosystem that will sustain the rural livelihoods of the present generation without eroding the resource base of the future.&#8221; &#8211; http:\/\/www.greenfoundation.in\/journey-so-far\/#<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Ij68H7z4hZbQ0UoFApzmHskdftJ83Il1\/view\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Ij68H7z4hZbQ0UoFApzmHskdftJ83Il1\/view<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2021-05-18-om-08.16.06.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-469\" width=\"893\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2021-05-18-om-08.16.06.png 893w, https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2021-05-18-om-08.16.06-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2021-05-18-om-08.16.06-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2021-05-18-om-08.16.06-800x445.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The so-called Green Revolution in India increased one measure of &#8220;productivity&#8221; at the cost of much else, including nutrition, sustainability,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,127,17,19,27,42,55,60,53],"tags":[95,94,68,89,91,69,84],"class_list":["post-467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-archive","category-created-by-bipoc","category-education","category-environment","category-health","category-regional","category-science-and-technology","category-society-and-culture","category-south-asia","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-health","tag-regional","tag-science-and-technology","tag-society-and-culture","tag-south-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":471,"href":"https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467\/revisions\/471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wingsradio.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}