1) Dr. Vandana Shiva is an Indian environmental activist and anti-globalization author who advocates for small farmers and biodiversity in India. 2) She discusses her involvement in the Chipko movement where peasant women protected forests from logging through non-violent protest, highlighting the importance of nature. 3) Shiva argues that India's food and agrarian crisis, including hundreds of thousands of farmer suicides, stem from abandoning traditional agriculture focused on biodiversity and small farmers in favor of industrialized monocrops and GMOs.