Jessica Lundberg on Plant Diversity and GMOs
Jessica Lundberg, Seed Nursery Manager at Lundberg Family Farms, discusses the need for genetic diversity in crops. "It's going to take more resources, more diversity, more tools for us to be successful as the climate changes, as the types of agricultural areas that we're producing in changes, as our water supply changes, and those challenges that provide different scenarios that we're having to farm and to feed more people." Speakers: Robert Fraley, Chief Technology Officer, Monsanto Andrew Kimbrell, Founder & Executive Director, Center for Food Safety Jessica Lundberg, Seed Nursery Manager, Lundberg Family Farms Nathanel Johnson, Food Writer, Grist; Author, All Natural: A Skeptic's Quest to Discover If the Natural Approach to Diet, Childbirth, Healing, and the Environment Really Keeps Us Healthier and Happier This program was recorded before a live audience on June 11, 2014. http://climate-one.org http://commonwealthclub.org
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"Also, the development of some of the terminator technologies forces farmers to not be able to save their seed"
Literally nobody sells these kinds of seeds. Literally. Nobody. When people say that this is a problem, they're either misinformed or lying. -
India alone has over 200 varieties of bt cotton for differing conditions and markets
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