20-05-2008 21:23

http://www.gmwatch.eu/ 
 
'So, they finally figured out, after all these years of pushing  
globalization and genetically modified seeds, that instead of feeding the  
world we've created a food system that leaves more people hungry. If they'd  
listened to farmers instead of corporations, they would've known this was  
going to happen.' 
- Wisconsin dairy farmer Jim Goodman, cited by John Nichols, 'The global  
food system feeds gluttonous corporations first', Philadelphia Enquirer 
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/currents/ 20080427_The_global_food_system_feeds_gluttonous_corporation s_first.html 
 
'The current global food system, designed by US-based agribusiness  
conglomerates like Cargill, Monsanto and ADM and forced into place by the  
U.S. government and its allies at the World Bank, the International Monetary  
Fund, and the World Trade Organization, has planted the seeds of disaster by  
pressuring farmers here and abroad to produce cash crops for export and  
alternative fuels rather than grow healthy food for local consumption and  
regional stability.' 
- John Nichols, 'The global food system feeds gluttonous corporations  
first', Philadelphia Enquirer 
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/currents/ 20080427_The_global_food_system_feeds_gluttonous_corporation s_first.html 
 
'The IAASTD last week concluded that "data on some GM crops indicate highly  
variable yield gains in some places and declines in others". The door was  
left open, on the basis that it would be unwise to rule out GM crops for the  
future, but as the charity Practical Action commented, "the report rightly  
concludes that small-scale farmers and ecological methods provide the way  
forward to avert the current food crisis". It's time many science  
policy-makers started eating GM humble pie, and urgent questions must now be  
raised about the lessons they have drawn from the GMO debate.' 
- Dr. Tom Wakeford, 'The public is proved right: GM crops are no panacea', The Guardian 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/30/gmcrops.food 
 
'We've had 10 years and, I suspect, tens of millions of pounds, promoting  
transgenic crops as a solution for world hunger and sustainable  
agriculture - in the face of the balance of scientific evidence. 
...I wonder how many hunger-related deaths in developing countries could  
have been avoided if science policy-makers had applied this philosophy [of  
taking public concern seriously] to GM crops 10 years ago?' 
- Dr. Tom Wakeford, 'The public is proved right: GM crops are no panacea', The Guardian 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/30/gmcrops.food

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