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Quotes of the month"There’ve been some promises made about GM wheat that I don’t think are true or are being overstated… We’ve now got farmers convinced that genetic modification will give us wheat that will grow on three inches of rain and that it’s the only way to solve our problems. That’s how destructive the conversation has become." – Brett Carver, chief wheat breeder at Oklahoma State University. Read more "We need complex solutions to complex problems. Transgenics are simplistic. Our problems are not solved with one gene." – Victor Suarez, head of Mexico's largest independent organisation of grain producers. Read more “The new technologies [e.g. GM] don’t need to be socially useful or technically superior (i.e., they don’t have to work) in order to be profitable. All they have to do is chase away the competition and coerce governments into surrendering control. Once the market is monopolized, how the technology performs is irrelevant.” – ETC Group, "Who owns nature? Corporate power and the final frontier in the commodification of life." Read more GM foods neither safe nor needed, say genetic engineersThe second edition of GMO Myths and Truths, co-authored by genetic engineers Dr John Fagan and Dr Michael Antoniou and researcher Claire Robinson, has been released as a free online download. 10 reasons we don't need GM foods"10 reasons we don't need GM foods", a new short report from the authors of "GMO Myths and Truths", has been published as a free download.
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