Comments on: Books About DNA: Tomorrow’s Table http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/05/02/books-about-dna-tomorrows-table/ How will it change your life? Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:51:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Trisha http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/05/02/books-about-dna-tomorrows-table/#comment-56585 Trisha Tue, 06 May 2008 01:38:06 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/05/02/books-about-dna-tomorrows-table/#comment-56585 Thanks for writing something positive about genetically modified foods! Thanks for writing something positive about genetically modified foods!

]]> By: mwana mwega http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/05/02/books-about-dna-tomorrows-table/#comment-56551 mwana mwega Fri, 02 May 2008 16:12:55 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/05/02/books-about-dna-tomorrows-table/#comment-56551 This is a very good point and that I totally agree with. Genetic engineering will not provide a silver bullet to the current food crisis. And neither organic foods. Unfortunately, some people would like us to believe so. They want to criminalize all the work that companies like <a href="http://www.monsanto.com/biotech-gmo/">Monsanto</a> and Dupont do. By the way people need to read <a href="http://www.gmofoodforthought.com/2008/04/agbioworld_members_discuss_new.html">a recent article in the <i>New York Times</i></a> that shows organic foods are beyond the reach of ordinary people. I must warn against any attempt to make organic foods look bad. As this book points out, we meet multi-pronged approached to deal with the current food crisis. The same way it's wrong to smear Monsanto, it's also inappropriate to throw mud at Whole Foods Market. Blogger James, in his blog <a href="http://www.gmoafrica.org">GMO Africa</a>, encourages that people engage in a constructive debate about genetically modified foods. He decries sensationalism and misinformation which is currently the hallmark of this debate. This is a very good point and that I totally agree with. Genetic engineering will not provide a silver bullet to the current food crisis. And neither organic foods. Unfortunately, some people would like us to believe so. They want to criminalize all the work that companies like Monsanto and Dupont do. By the way people need to read a recent article in the New York Times that shows organic foods are beyond the reach of ordinary people.

I must warn against any attempt to make organic foods look bad. As this book points out, we meet multi-pronged approached to deal with the current food crisis. The same way it’s wrong to smear Monsanto, it’s also inappropriate to throw mud at Whole Foods Market. Blogger James, in his blog GMO Africa, encourages that people engage in a constructive debate about genetically modified foods. He decries sensationalism and misinformation which is currently the hallmark of this debate.

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