People, Not Technology, Are the Key to Ending Hunger
Submitted by Chuck0:The debate over biotechnology is a tragic distraction
by Frances Moore Lappe
Biotechnology companies and even some scientists argue that we need genetically modified seeds to feed the world and to
protect the Earth from chemicals. Their arguments feel eerily familiar.
Thirty years ago, I wrote "Diet for a Small Planet" for one reason. As a researcher buried in the UC Berkeley agricultural
library, I was stunned to learn that the experts -- equivalent to the biotech proponents of today -- were wrong. They were telling
us we'd reached the Earth's limits to feed ourselves, but in fact there was more than enough food for us all.
Hunger, I learned, is the result of economic "givens" we ourselves have created, assumptions and structures that actively
generate scarcity from plenty. Today this is more, not less, true.
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