The genetic modification of plants as an issue has proved one of the cleverest instruments of transformation by the banking élite. What it veils from the masses is that land is passing from private (farmers’) hands to that of Corporations operating on the other side of the world. The G.M. issue has to resolve itself under the absolutism of the modern, yet the antique selfishness of the land grab will have been brilliantly hidden.
The Time of the Bedouin - on the politics of power, p61, Ian Dallas, Budgate Press 2006
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January 2007
ReplyDeleteGrow Green
Agricultural niche players Sekem and Wadi Foods have discovered green isn’t just an eco-friendly trend — it’s also the color of money
By Andrew Bossone
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