Of late, reports about experts who believe that Genetically Modified (GM) crops are not necessarily being of help in relieving a food crisis and how their toxicity levels are still a cause for concern, have been in the news. Against this backdrop, the Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) is conducting a movement titled India for Safe Food and has tied up with the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) to organise a screening of Ajay Bharadwaj’s documentary So Shall You Reap.

The film depicts the Bt cotton experience in India, highlights the losses suffered by farmers, the allergies caused by them, animal deaths and field trial violations. Also being discussed are regulatory failures, successful alternatives to GM and the new organic farming movement that brings hope for the agricultural and social crisis.