[-empyre-] week one | mobile apps and environmental performance

[Soenke Zehle]

Hi Babak, Jeff,

way back I looked at how indigenous activists position themselves in
what was then the biodiversity / biopiracy controversity (has ebbed a
bit), one researchers whose integrative historical accounts I have
found particularly helpful was Kloppenburg (but then you may know his
work already), an early proponent of "seed sovereignty", perhaps of
interest http://dces.wisc.edu/people/emeritus-faculty/jack-kloppenburg/

best,

Soenke

2015-11-04 22:45 GMT+01:00 Babak Fakhamzadeh <babak.fakhamzadeh at gmail.com>:
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> Hi Jeff,
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> Can you explain in what way GM crops *are* different from what humans
> have been doing for thousands of years?
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> Cheers,
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> Babak
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> On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Jeff Schmuki <jschmuki at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hello All,
>> Back in 2009 Wendy and I formed PlantBot Genetics after posing as farmers at a Monsanto open house day where local farmers treated to the latest products.  We encountered some misinformation, namely on the difference between a naturally arrived at hybrid (crossbreeding like species) and a transgenic one (genetic combination from unlike species). Essentially, we were told GM crops were no different from what humans has been doing for thousands of years which is not true. In answer to this, we created PlantBot Genetics a  Biotech parody as a means to create conversation on large-scale agricultural practices and how food arrives at our plate in a humorous and inspiring way.  www.monsantra.com
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