Showing posts with label GMO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GMO. Show all posts

Saturday, February 10, 2018

Don't Look, But a Couple of Mega-Companies Are About to Take Over Your Food Supply -- Mother Jones

Farmers—especially the ones who grow the corn and soybeans that churn through our food system and fuel our country's penchant for hamburgers and bacon—are in a tight spot. For seeds, pesticides, and fertilizers, these growers depend on a tiny number of companies that have enormous leverage to raise prices.....
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2018/01/archer-daniels-midland-merger-bunge-soybeans-monsanto-farmers-grain/

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

A Deep Dig On GMO And Crop Yields (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

The promise of GMOs – genetically modified crops – was of faster growth in harvests and less use of pesticides. We would feed the world and do it with a lighter chemical footprint. Last weekend, a big story in the New York Times asserted neither of those things is happening. North America has embraced GMO crops. Europe has banned them. And, the report said, 20 years on, North America cannot show an overall advantage. That sparked a firestorm. This hour On Point, are GMOs delivering? — Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2016/11/02/gmo-crop-yields-monsanto








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