Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply
2000
Vandana Shiva
Shiva shows how corporate globalized agribusiness disrupts traditional farming, reduces biodiversity, and hurts local food cultures.
Key Takeaways:
Uncovers how global agribusiness quietly seizes control of seeds, soil, and farmers’ livelihoods, turning the ancient art of agriculture into an arena of patents and corporate power.
Shows how biodiversity loss isn’t abstract but deeply personal—felt in villages, kitchens, ecosystems, and cultural memory.
Argues that real food security comes from local wisdom, ecological humility, and the freedom for communities to steward their own land and seed heritage.
Offers an unwavering grassroots perspective that challenges the myth that industrial agriculture is the only way to “feed the world.”