Welcome to the Seed Hunter Experience!

Seed Hunter is a highly entertaining documentary about a topic that is vital for the future of the planet: finding seeds that may help save the world from its greatest ever crisis - a global food shortage brought about by human-induced climate change.

Synopsis

Our planet is heating up and one of the first casualties will be the crops that supply our food. Scientists are working overtime to find solutions including going back to the ancestral origins of our staple foods.

Seed Hunter will take you on a remarkable journey from the drought ravaged farms of Australia, to the heart of the Middle East, to the mountains of Tajikistan where charismatic Australian scientist Dr Ken Street – a real life version of Indiana Jones - and his team of ‘gene detectives’ hunt for plant genes that will help our food withstand the impact of 21st century global warming.

Along the way we meet farmers around the world who are struggling to grow crops in a climate that’s gone haywire, as well as scientists working at the front line of gene technology to save tomorrow’s food. At journey’s end, deep in the Arctic Circle, Ken deposits his bounty of seed in the newly constructed seed bank known as the ‘doomsday vault.’

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Awards & Festivals

AWARDS

Best Science, Environment and Technology Documentary Australian Teachers of Media Awards 2008

Special Development Prize Vaasa Wildlife Film Festival - Finland 2008

In Competition Earth Vision Film Festival - Tokyo, Japan March 2009

FESTIVALS

American Conservation Film Festival 2008