{"id":25649,"date":"2022-01-28T09:49:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T07:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/?p=25649"},"modified":"2023-05-06T09:54:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T07:54:54","slug":"the-age-of-fake-food-a-conversation-with-satish-kumar-and-vandana-shiva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/es\/the-age-of-fake-food-a-conversation-with-satish-kumar-and-vandana-shiva\/","title":{"rendered":"The age of fake food: a conversation with Satish Kumar and Vandana Shiva"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lifegate, 28 January 2022 | Source<\/a><\/p>\n

The same tycoons who created factory farms are the ones investing in fake meat. But \u201creal\u201d food can\u2019t be created in laboratories: regenerative agriculture is the only way.<\/em><\/p>\n

On January 5, 2022, Navdanya International participated in the annual Oxford Real Farming Conference<\/strong><\/a> with a session titled \u201cHealing Our Connection With Food In The Fake Food Era\u201d, with Dr. Vandana Shiva<\/strong><\/a>, founder of Navdanya<\/strong> <\/a>and the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (India) and President of Navdanya International<\/a><\/strong>, and Satish Kumar<\/strong>, Editor Emeritus of Resurgence & The Ecologist<\/a><\/strong>, and co-founder of the Schumacher College<\/strong><\/a>. The speakers discussed how we must re-establish our connection with eating as an ecological act in defiance of the false solutions that shift political power away from regenerative farmers and local communities.<\/p>\n

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Vandana Shiva, scientist, ecologist, activist and author \u00a9 Manlio Masucci-Navdanya International<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n

Fake food is not the solution<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFake food is essentially repeating the old failed narrative that industrial agriculture feeds the world\u201d. Vandana Shiva stressed. Real, nutrient rich food is disappearing, and the dominant farming model is exacerbating climate change and leading to an increase in chronic disease<\/strong> <\/a>epidemics. Yet, in reality, it is the small farmers that feed us and therefore real food comes from biodiverse<\/strong> <\/a>farms that embrace a regenerative farming<\/strong> model of care. Creating a farming system devoid of animals is not the answer because it represents a form of violence that condemns them to the danger of extermination. Instead of writing off animals altogether, it is important to understand the difference between both systems: whereas small scale farmers<\/strong> integrate animals as vital diversity in a functional agro-ecosystem and do not torture and overpopulate their fields with them, factory farms<\/strong> feature huge numbers crammed in deplorable conditions while emitting GHG emissions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe current agricultural system does not provide dignity for the farmers\u201d said Satish Kumar<\/strong>. Through his Schumacher college, he tried to reverse the notion that if you are educated, you do not need to work on the land. According to him every school should have a garden, every university should be associated with a farm and young people should recognize the value of growing food to have a holistic, ecocentric education. In October, Kumar spoke at the Vatican<\/strong><\/a> and suggested a perspective on the problem of climate change<\/strong> and the ecological crisis we face today, from a Jain point of view. The idea is that, first of all, we should do no harm. That is the Hippocratic Oath that medical doctors take, which is a commitment to non violence. In his view, we all should take the same oath and commit ourselves to causing no harm to nature, animals, land, forests, and people. Non violence<\/strong> should thus be the guiding spirit in our relationship with food.<\/p>\n

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\u00abHealing Our Connection with Food in the Fake Food Era\u00bb – Our event at @ORFC<\/a> with @drvandanashiva<\/a> @NavdanyaBija<\/a> and #SatishKumar<\/a> @SchumacherColl<\/a> @Resurgence_mag<\/a> #foodsystem4people<\/a> #Food4Health<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/t.co\/4rgy9ibzFk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Navdanya International (@NavdanyaInt) January 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n