This more politicized stance is relatively new from
the magazine. Their (new?) motto, "if you don't or
can't grow it yourself, BUY organic!"
Thanks Kate for helping keep me up on Ag news in the
mainstream.
Kirsten
--- Kate Smith <katesmith_007@yahoo.com> wrote:
> on page a18 in the review and outlook section of the
> wall
> street journal is a scathing piece of writing
> entitled
> Greenwar.
>
> here is the last paragraph...
>
> "All of these things, plus the fact that biotech
> could be
> painted as a conspiracy of U.S. agribusiness, have
> worked
> against the industry in Europe. When the Iceland
> grocery
> chain decided to use genetically--modified foods as
> a wedge
> issue, it ran a picture of Bill Clinton with the
> tagline
> "The U.S. President doesn't care what you put in
> your
> mouth." One hesitates to speculate what Americans
> would
> have made of the slogan. The best lesson we could
> learn
> from Europe is the foolishness of allowing food
> technology
> and safety to become politicized merely for the
> benefit of
> fund-raising by the fringe."
>
> And in an earlier paragraph it reminds us that no
> one has
> sprouted wings as a result of the many years that
> Coke has
> been using high-fructose corn sweetener made from
> genetically modified corn.
>
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