Jill Richardson, AlterNet. August 10, 2009. There's good reason to fear that Obama's new global food security effort may do more harm than good for the world's hungry.
Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. December 18, 2008. Vilsack's endorsement by big enviros and his vilification by food and small farms groups is not surprising. His record requires close examination.
Frances Moore Lappe, Huffington Post. August 18, 2008. Morning Edition's recent series on the food crisis reinforces dangerous myths that actually block us from seeing the real solutions to hunger.
Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. November 1, 2007. Consumer biotech can measure and alter biological states for the mass market -- which goes much further than the consumer electronics craze over iPhones and Wiis.
Dara Colwell, AlterNet. August 2, 2007. Across the U.S. and the world, the timber industry is driving research behind genetically engineered forests. But environmentalists worry that it will open an ecological Pandora's Box.
Vanja Petrovic, AlterNet. July 3, 2007. Nearly three quarters of all processed foods contain genetically engineered ingredients, but you'd never know it by reading package labels. Author Andrew Kimbrell discusses the risks of genetic engineering and how to avoid it.
Don Hazen, AlterNet: PEEK. December 22, 2006. Don Hazen: Intervention: Confronting The Real Risks of Genetic Engineering And Life On A Biotech Planet, a new book by Denise Caruso, raises many tough questions.
