GARDENS OF DESTINY: a documentary about food security
Has North America taken too many risks with its agriculture? In Gardens of Destiny we meet Dan Jason, an organic gardener on Salt Spring Island, on the Canadian west coast. Jason is the head of the Seed and Plant Sanctuary for Canada, a network of gardeners from around the world working to preserve as much plant diversity as possible. This film explores Dan's garden and seed world and investigates with several sustainable development specialists such issues as genetic engineering, terminator seeds and the pitfalls of industrial agriculture in North America.
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Filmmaker Jocelyn Demers meets Dan Jason on Salt Spring Island on Canada's west coast. Dan is an organic gardener with a fantastic selection of seeds, vegetables, grains, medicinal plants and flowers. He is also the head of the grassroots organization called the Seed and Plant Sanctuary for Canada, a network of Canadian gardeners who are preserving as much plant diversity as is possible. Mr. Jason has been a long time critic of the non-organic food system in North America. Jocelyn Demers explores Dan's garden and seed world and investigates what other experts from the agriculture milieu think about Dan's observations.
GARDENS OF DESTINY investigates many important issues related to pollution and health. These include genetic engineering, Terminator seeds and the pitfalls of industrial agriculture. Additionally, it examines how organic food has proven to be protective against cancer.
GARDENS OF DESTINY offers several easy and sometimes fun solutions for citizens and governments. Two of these remedies include supporting organic growers and starting your own organic garden.
Produced and Directed by Jocelyn Demers
63 minutes
Official Festival Selection:
Victoria BC Slow Food Film festival
Scenes:
1-Dan Jason
2-Taste
3-Diversity
4-Water
5-Insects
6-Flowers
7-Medicinal plants
8-Sacred Tobacco
9- Political statements
10-Productivity
11-Pollution
12-GMO
13-Cancer
14-Grains
15- Exceptional varieties
16-Seed bank
17-Terminator seeds
18-Absolute control
19-Solutions
20-A thinking artist
21-Conclusion