argylesock says… How long will this GM crop go on increasing yields? I’ve blogged about how some insecticide-making GM crops, popular in the United States, worked for a few years until the insects evolved resistance to the insecticide. It’s a kind of arms race between labs and bugs.
It has been a recurring theme here at Thought+Food that the debates going on about the food system should not be overwhelmed by special interest groups. Instead, there must be room for the farmer to make her voice heard. This piecefrom a farmer in India who looks on in frustration as Bt Brinjal is being adopted in Bangaladesh while it has been blocked in India by the fear mongering of anti biotech interests drives home this point. If anyone thinks we can solve our food problems by shutting out the very people who grow the food, then the road to reform and progress will be long one indeed.
