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CURRIE ARNOLD
Sports Staff Writer
carnoldl ©unca.edu
iana Shiva fought for 30
irs to raise infernationaj
areness about enihronmen-
and social issues. fRecenily
;ndirjg a three day residency
shevilJe she spoke tdan audi-
udents. faculty and tommu-
3ers. '
:he stage in Lipinsky iAudito-
ra thanked the sponsors and
hio made her residency pos-
aJiuded to the hope she ielt
ing at UNCA. i
amazing campus and k won-
It's '.ery rarely you ^an en-
rooro sveicomed by' a kucchi-
said. just shows you can
.ndance anywhere."' '
soids a Ph.D. in phiiosophy
sated her ihe to actisisn:
: biodiser-ity and fair-trade
irming, Shtva is on India's
doard of Organic Standards,
it of the Right Livelihood
iown as the .Aitematire No
rn d hat- v.ritlen more than 20
nteniion to various issues-
: current methods of global
ike to help return nutrients ts-
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neered seeds prevents the biodit-ersi-
ty soil needs to produce high quality
crops.
A fundamental of organic farming
calls for the Jaw' of return, meaning
any nutrients taken from the soil must
be returned to keep crops growing suc
cessfully. '
While some argue genetically mod
ified crops provide a valuable tool in
combating climate change. Shiva dis
agrees. According to Shii’a. saving just
one seed can lead to an abundance of
seeds. While one crop seed can yield
50 new seeds, a different singular crop
seed could produce 100 more seeds'
and in the case of miller w a single seed
can result in up to a m.hbijn nev seeds.
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not inventions. Therefore, thev cannot
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.MaCio Teague, a sophomore svho
attended the lecture, said he was in
trigued by the effect patenting seeds
has on an economy as svell as hosv
these seeds affect the earth.
"J found it very interesting that the
prospering government', feel that it
is OK to patent seeds." Teague said,
"These are seeds that people grow and
sell to make a profit. They won't make
a profit if the seeds are paienied,"
Teague said he also felt returning to
traditional seeds and farming practices,
as Shiva advocates for. would benefit
both the food supply and planet '.se live
on.
"If ve take care of the soil'and grow
food the ssay it is supposed to be
grovn. then we will have enough food
,to feed the earth twice." Teague said.
Sonia Marcus, the director of sus
tainability at U'NCA. helped coordinate
Shiva's residency and lecture, Marcus
invited Shiva to campus to share her
maving it harder tor farmers in India to
- ,.:eed and survive.
"One of the reasons Fm so engaged
in these subjects is because in the fina;
anaho-is it is abewt our ireedomri Shi
va saiu. "How can a society he iree ii
How can a society be -free if petiple
aren't iree to grow their own food in
open spaces?"
In addition to negatively impacting
famjers. this use of peneticahv' enui-
spacefo maitipiyri
Shiva also connects the chanc
mes'-age. serving as a remindei
denes that this global issue deserves at
tention aiiu action.
farming practices with prsklems out
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side of the crops themve'ves. citina this
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