'Seed democracy' activist Vandana Shiva to give talk in Sydney

Dr Vandana Shiva has been dubbed the "Gandhi of Grain" and a rock star in the battle against genetically modified seeds.

When she jets into Sydney on Friday, controversy is sure to follow.

Twenty-two years after Shiva won the Right Livelihood Award, an alternative to the Nobel Prize, the woman who sits on Time and Forbes' lists of the world's most important activists is still creating waves.

When she jumped on Twitter and compared a view that organic farms using GMOs was "like saying #rapists shd have freedom to rape" it created a predictable twister of debate.

Anyone interested to discover the ins and outs of "seed democracy" and more on genetically modified super bananas, can do so at the Teachers Federation Conference Centre this Friday from 6pm.

Tickets are $45, $35 concession. Go to trybooking.com/113052