I hope a few science majors are in the crowd at Drake, so they can expose Shiva for what she is: a full-time environmental activist who spreads lies about agriculture in the developing world. Her deeply unscientific views, if enacted, would make it harder for farmers to feed themselves and their countries.
When she attacks GM crops as “poison” and complains about “deadness” in our fields, she sounds like someone who simply doesn’t know what farmers in developing countries really think and do.
As the daughter of a smallholder farmer in India, I agree with Shiva that seeds must remain in the hands of farmers.
This season, when it came time to choose cotton seeds, my father selected a genetically modified variety for one simple reason: GM cotton is a superior plant that has transformed our ability to earn a living.
[P]rofessional propagandists like Shiva have frightened many Indians into resisting GM crops.
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