Originally Posted by Iconoclast
You answer my question.
In any case, there are several seed banks around the world attempting to keep enough genetic diversity in the food crops, should a catastrophe hit this or that crop.
No need for sarcasm. I do not trust Monsanto much either. However, I do trust the system of peer review. So far the triumphs and scientific self correction that has occurred over the last century has been 99% successful in keeping us safe. Yes there have been some tragedies. but you should weight the pluses against the minuses. Frankly, I do not want to wear furs, consult a witch doctor, live in a cave and eat rotten meat over winter.
So, given the choice, I vote for trusting the scientific community - that is what the smart money is betting on.
What is so frightening about Engdahl's vision of the world is that it is so real. Although our civilization has been built on humanistic ideals, in this new age of "free markets", everything-- science, commerce, agriculture and even seeds-- have become weapons in the hands of a few global corporation barons and their political fellow travelers. To achieve world domination, they no longer rely on bayonet-wielding soldiers. All they need is to control food production.
(Dr. Arpad Pusztai, biochemist, formerly of the Rowett Research Institute Institute, Scotland)
If you want to learn about the socio-political agenda --why biotech corporations insist on spreading GMO seeds around the World-- you should read this carefully researched book. You will learn how these corporations want to achieve control over all mankind, and why we must resist... (Marijan Jost,
Professor of Genetics, Krizevci, Croatia)
The book reads like a murder mystery of an incredible dimension, in which four giant Anglo-American agribusiness conglomerates have no hesitation to use GMO to gain control over our very means of subsistence... (
Anton Moser, Professor of Biotechnology, Graz, Austria).