Seed: The Untold Story

Seed: The Untold Story investigates the dramatic story of seeds, the basis of life on earth. For 12,000 years man has been cultivating seeds and building empires. Now, in the last century, 94% of our seed varieties have been lost. As many irreplaceable seeds are nearing extinction, high-tech industrial seed companies control the majority of the world's remaining seeds. Seed unveils a David and Goliath battle for the freedom of our most treasured resource. This harrowing and heartening story follows an extraordinary cast of heroic farmers, committed scientists and visionary seed collectors who are passionately dedicated to saving our planet's seed diversity. On an absorbing journey into "doomsday" seed vaults, the colorful world of seeds and to indigenous tribes protecting their sacred seed ancestry, Seed celebrates the mystery, power and essential nature of seeds. Through stories of optimism and strength, Seed will inspire audiences to be part of a new movement to help strengthen seed diversity and unearth the power that seeds have to sustain, enliven and enrich our humanity. (official distributor synopsis)