You say science will feed the world - 05/02/2010 - Farmers Weekly

You say science will feed the world - 05/02/2010 - Farmers Weekly

Wow, what a frightening article.  The title is so misleading.  63 percent of us who responded to the poll chose other responses when asked  "what is the most important factor in feeding the world in the future?"  

I am truly afraid for our future and I don't like being afraid one bit.  Neither did I like the poll question or how the author of the article interpreted the poll results.  

Thank goodness the author shared the Soil Association's Patrick Holden comments including:  "With Roundup-ready maize, canola and soya grown the world over and GM alfalfa close to approval, a frightening proportion of global food production is now in a monoculture," Mr Holden said.

What I did like was having my name pulled out of a hat with 10,000 names in it and winning tickets to the World Cup in South Africa.  I would so much have preferred a farm tour!