GM Food

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(1) The spread of GM crops | Taking root; The developing world embraces a
controversial technology. Economist, Feb. 25, 2010.
http://www.economist.com/business-finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15580864

Note: aubergine (n; French): "EGGPLANT" Webster (3rd ed, 1961)

(2) Genetically modified food | Attack of the really quite likeable tomatoes
; The success of genetically modified crops provides opportunities to win
over their critics. Economist, Feb. 25, 2010.
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15579956

Quote: "It is certainly true that big firms make a lot of money selling GM
seeds: the GM seed market was worth $10.5 billion in 2009, and the crops
that grew from that seed were worth over $130 billion. But multinationals
are not the only game in town. The governments of China (which has increased
agricultural research across the board), India and Brazil are also
developing new GM crops. * * * GM seeds that come from government research
bodies, or from local firms, may not arouse quite so much opposition as
those from large foreign companies,


My comment:
(a) The (2) is an editorial that accompanied (1). There is no need to read
it, other then the quotation.
(b) The first part of the quote shows it is important to pay the piper.

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