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[The Hindu] AID Volunteer Sreedevi's letter to editor on GM crops |
AID Volunteer Sreedevi Lakshmi Kutty wrote in to the Hindu Editor about a critical issue threatening agriculture today - the issue of Genetically modified crops. Below is the letter that was published.
The link can be found here.
All about greed
Scientists have found that GM crops can contaminate non-GM crops, and they are still studying the short-term negative effects of GM plants, let alone the long-term consequences. It is a scary thought that in a few decades, the world may lose most of its natural species of food crops, adopted, adapted and developed over thousands of years through farmer innovation, natural changes and application of science. We are replacing them with an unproven, irreversible technology, barely 50 years old, owned and patented by a handful of corporations. Working as an activist for sustainable farming and protection of small farms in the U.S. farm belt, I experience the negative effects of GM crops every day and realise that the introduction of GM crops is more about power, control and greed than about feeding the world or maintaining ecological balance or securing the future of mankind. Sreedevi Lakshmi Kutty Louisville, Kentucky United States.
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