AlerG is pleased to
be able to share our two short films with you.
The
first is entitled "The Conventional Trap". It tells the
sad story of Anan, a peasant farmer in southern India caught up in
the vicious cycle of pesticide-dependent cotton growing. You will
see the effects of heavy use of pesticides on cotton, learn how international
drug companies exploit cotton farmers and observe the tragic consequences
of these conventional growing practices on the farmers, their families
and their environment.
"Growing Back to
Organic" is an upbeat and hopeful story of one farmer's and
one village's move to organic and Fair Trade certified cotton production.
It shows how the village of Peddasakeda made the decision to go back
to the organic practices of earlier generations and explains the
benefits and opportunities organic growing and Fair Trade certification
offer.