{"id":18887,"date":"2013-11-19T20:05:50","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T20:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/?p=312613"},"modified":"2013-11-19T20:05:50","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T20:05:50","slug":"seed-the-untold-story-celebrates-the-mystery-and-power-of-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/seed-the-untold-story-celebrates-the-mystery-and-power-of-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018SEED: The Untold Story\u2019 Celebrates the Mystery and Power of Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/seed2fi-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"seed2fi\"><\/p>\n<p><em>SEED: The Untold Story<\/em> is a feature-length documentary film that unearths the dramatic story of seeds and the global struggle to preserve them.<\/p>\n<p>Many irreplaceable seeds are nearing extinction.&nbsp;<em>SEED<\/em> unveils a David-and-Goliath battle for the future of our seeds, which are at risk from industrial seed companies that control seeds through patents and genetic modification.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Taggart Siegel and Jon Betz, the film follows a cast of characters on a journey into so-called Doomsday seed vaults, the colorful world of seed-savers and the world of indigenous tribes who are protecting their seed ancestry.&nbsp;With its heartfelt testimony, <em>SEED<\/em> celebrates the mystery, power and essential nature of seeds.<\/p>\n<p><em>SEED&nbsp;<\/em>is still in production after a year of filming and is about 90 percent finished. The filmmakers are raising money through&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/collectiveeyefilms\/seed-the-untold-story-the-final-push\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter campaign<\/a>&nbsp;to complete production and post-production.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary&#8217;s executive producer is actress&nbsp;Marisa Tomei. She joined the project after seeing the directors&#8217; previous effort, <em>Queen of the Sun.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the film&#8217;s trailer:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/topnewsbanner12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"topnewsbanner1\" src=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/topnewsbanner12.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"120\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,57],"tags":[2904,12201,1791,12202,12303],"class_list":["post-18887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-building-posts","category-leed-news","tag-biodiversity","tag-featured-living","tag-food","tag-living","tag-seeds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}