Product Details

• Writers: Barbara Sumner-Burstyn
• Producers: Barbara Sumner-Burstyn
• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: Cloud South Films
• DVD Release Date: January 22, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000MTOWXA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,266 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Organic farming vs. Monsanto revenue growth agendas, June 2, 2007

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Preston C. Enright (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Save the World (DVD)

I'm so glad I stumbled upon this film. Anyone interested in the organic food movement, and how Monsanto and other agribusiness firms have been harming the earth with their unsustainable "green revolution" will appreciate this wonderful DVD. As another reviewer mentioned, the music and the scenes were mesmerizing. Lots of beautiful shots of kids and people caring for their fields. Seeing how farmers are reviving their land, health and spirits through mindful farming was inspiring.

I'm going to recommend this to my public library, and my natural foods store.

There are a couple other little-publicized documentaries on food that complement this film, The Power Of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil and The Future of Food

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An awakening experience, July 5, 2007

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William E. Marks "water researcher/writer/spe... (Martha's Vineyard, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Save the World (DVD)

If a picture is worth a thousand words - then this video is worth millions. Humanity will take a great stride in guaranteeing its survival if we apply the biodynamic principles expressed in the film, 'How to Save the World'. In an artistic and engaging fashion - we learn about the application of biodynamic farming in India, and how successful and economical it is when compared to expensive and destructive chemical-dependent farming. If you are into farming on a minor or major scale, or know someone who has a small garden in their backyard - the gift of this eye-opening film will be something they will forever thank you for.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maybe our only way out of a terrible mistake., December 31, 2007

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P. Elzinga "Minotor" (Antwerp, Belgium) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Save the World (DVD)

This film shows how biodynamic farming offers a solution to stop and change a poisoned environment, both agriculturally and economically, in which our food is grown.

In biodynamic farming the soil is of the utmost importance and when you think about it the soil is where it all starts. After seeing this film you will never look at agricultural fields the same. You will be able to tell if it is well-managed land or poisoned with pesticides, herbicides and fungicides which kills the soil although the film is not a course in agriculture.

The film comes down to a single message: by using the chemicals mentioned above farmers, and food production as a whole, flow into a viscous circle where the only option to improve crop yield is to use more chemicals. Together with contracts offered by a number of multinational (GMO) seed companies to farmers in India and elsewhere, farmers are offered seeds that produce sterile crops with very low yields,trapping them in high debts and low production of chemical crops.

Biodynamic agriculture is a method to save our food production by a fully organic (no chemicals used) farming method that brings back the quality of the soil as it used to be and generate same or higher yields as conventional (read: chemical) agriculture. It may be our only way out of a terrible mistake.

It may help you to get a deeper understanding of how important this film and biodynamic farming is by watching `The future of food' (available from Amazon) and `The slow poisoning of India' (Google). Both documentaries show what happens if things do not change.