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To: opentalk; Balding_Eagle
This statement is supported by 81 Councillors of the World Future Council,

LOL! More like the World Past Council.

as many as two million citizens in 52 countries recently marched in opposition to GMOs and Monsanto.

As many as 6 billion citizens did not march.

GMO seeds reinforce a model of farming that undermines sustainability of cash-poor farmers, who make up most of the world's hungry.

It's true, higher yield farming makes it tough for low yield farming.

GMO seeds continue farmers' dependency on purchased seed and chemical inputs.

It's a good thing the higher yields pay for the higher costs.

The most dramatic impact of such dependency is in India, where 270,000 farmers, many trapped in debt for buying seeds and chemicals, committed suicide between 1995 and 2012.

I heard it was 270,000,000.

65 posted on 07/08/2013 3:15:32 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Science is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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To: Toddsterpatriot; opentalk

Hehe! Thanks.

“I heard it was 270,000,000” Chuckle.


66 posted on 07/08/2013 4:04:08 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (When America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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