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Under synthetic biology life will not be a product of nature but of a lab and it will be patented and privatized.

Under synthetic biology life will not be a product of nature but of a lab and it will be patented and privatized. | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
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Peasant intervention on synthetic biology : Convention on Biodiversity: La Via Campesina

 

October 11, 2012: Under synthetic biology life will not be a product of nature but of a lab and it will be patented and privatized. The new life forms that synthetic biologists are developing are defined by the market and the profits that big corporations that finance this new technology expect to have. These organisms will lead to unpredictable interactions with nature, genetic contamination of our crops and threaten the health of our ecosystems.... http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php/main-issues-mainmenu-27/biodiversity-and-genetic-resources-mainmenu-37/1311-convention-on-biodiversity-la-via-campesina-intervention-on-synthetic-biology

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AFRICA: Sowing Seeds Right Where They Are: Climate Change and Desertification

AFRICA: Sowing Seeds Right Where They Are: Climate Change and Desertification | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa

Some 15 million Africans abandon the countryside every year in pursuit of better lives in the city. Climate change and further desertification will only exacerbate that trend. How will these ballooning urban populations survive? The best strategy, they're finding, is to begin sowing seeds right where they are.

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