We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Seeds of Conflict

Click here to access article by Andrew Curry from Discover.

The author provides a well-balanced, in-depth study of issues related to the issue of using genetically modified organisms in farming.
Genetically modified corn and soy dominate U.S. farms, but activist raids have kept Europe GMO-free. The fight over the next Green Revolution has just begun.
The problem with GMO technology is that it is driven by the short-term profit interests of corporations not by the broader public interest. See also the latest move by US corporate bio-tech firms and agribusinesses to accelerate the reckless use of GMOs in an article entitled "Secretive U.S. Amendment Would Weaken Biotech Oversight".
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