By Theodora Filis Genetically modified (GM) maize is crop governments and local agencies love to promote as it promises the highest productivity increases. Seed and biotech companies, like Monsanto, DuPont, Syngenta, and Dow, profit greatly as farmers switch to GM seeds, and their demand for pesticides and fertilizers shoots up – ensuring two markets for these companies – herbicides and seeds. As the food crisis looms, the real danger for the nourishment, health, and culture of the world is whether to choose Monsanto's agenda over strengthening the world's agriculture. Consumer beware: Cultivation of GMOs will accelerate the loss of the world's food sovereignty and contaminate vital native strains of corn. Today, governments are trampling each other in their haste to get into large-scale public-private partnerships (PPPs), as public pressure builds to promote GM maize in the name of food security. (PPPs involve a contract between a public sector authority and a private
It is imperative we all pay attention to the impact of our collective and personal actions on the environment. During the next decade, our global community will be unable to deal effectively with the formidable environmental challenges posed by decades of environmental mismanagement. There are many environmental issues I write about in this blog, some will scare you, and it is my hope, these articles will give you a reason to question and search for answers.