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- Alternative and Post-Development Discourses Influence the Political and Social Environment for the Seed Industry
- Bowman v. Monsanto Part III: Patent Exhaustion and Seed Production Using Grain Including Patented Innovations
- Alternative and Participatory Development are Problematic for Seed Business
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a comprehensive joint scientific report on honey bee health on May 2, 2013
- EU Commission Bans 3 Neonicotinoid Seed-Applied Insecticides for 2 Years
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- Paul Christensen on Bowman v Monsanto: Part 2
- Paul Christensen on Relationship between Chinese Economic Policy and Global Seed Demand
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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Greenpeace Sabotages Science
Greenpeace has proudly claimed credit for mowing down an Australian Government trial of a biotech wheat trait that would improve the nutritional profile of bread 1: There is a good editorial on the situation by a New York Times writer, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Uncategorized
Tagged biotechnology, environmentalism, Greenpeace, Regulation, science, Seed, seed business, social justice, wheat trial
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Why I am Not a Seed Conservative
F. A. Hayek (image from: http://nickrizzuto.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/hayek.jpg) The title of this post is taken from F.A. Hayekâs postscript to The Constitution of Liberty University of Chicago Press; 1978, pps 397-414). There is a … Continue reading
Posted in World Views
Tagged biotechnology, Busienss, certification, Christensen, Conservative, Europe, European, intellectual property, liberal, Regulation, regulatory, Seed, seed industry regulatory, variety
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Ridley, Borlaug and the Scientific Seed
John S. Dykes (from article below) In the face of protests about the impact of the Green Revolution on the environment, Norm Borlaug was fond of pointing out the fact that high yield agriculture makes it possible to leave more … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Africa, biofuels, biotechnology, Borlaug, Christensen, Department of Agronomy, footprint, Green Revolution, high yield agriculture, intensive agricutlure, Iowa State University, Rational Optimist, science, Scientific, Seed, seed industry, subsidies, sustainability, wilderness
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