10 billion people for dinner | Nina Fedoroff | TEDxCERN

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The world population is estimated to reach 10 billion in the near future. How can we feed so many with our existing resources? Nina Fedoroff gives an overview of what’s needed, highlighting the important role that science has played in developing food and agriculture throughout human history and the solutions it could offer.
Nina Fedoroff’s research interests range from the biochemistry of microRNA processing and transposition to the design of greenhouses for hot, humid environments, although she is best known for her pioneering work on plant transposons. A PhD from Rockefeller University, she is an Evan Pugh Professor at Pennsylvania State University. A 2006 National Medal of Science laureate, she served as Science and Technology Adviser to the US Secretary of State and to USAID's administrator.
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[@p0ma147]

Almost 3 years has passed - only 15 k views... We're doomed.

[@graydonb8957]

Growing enough food is just 1 problem....resources like oil are finite....burning fossil fuel creating heat waves that are now in 2019 making it 51 degrees or about 125 Fahrenheit in India....people and farm animal make up 96 percent of mammals leaving just 4 percent in the wild...this number will go to zero as developed nations all want meat diet....that's why we're screwed not because we don't want GMO's......too many people!!!

[@greg5326]

If you want to believe there is a crisis, then you will be the reason it happens. The rest of us are going to keep developing and carrying on just fine.

[@riodejaneiro7675]

10:35 I disagree - we need to go organic and sustainable and reduce the world population to about 2 Billion people or less - we could do it in 1 generation - we need to leave some room for other species - change our culture of eternal growth to eternal sustainability and health of the planet - educate and empower women and make birth control available, support families who decide to be child-free, make one a good number - think of the incredible gift we have been given and do not destroy it with thoughtless procreation - we can be better than that

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

Reduce population to 2billion in one generation? That's genocide (omitting elites). Roll on 5g wifi in that case and enjoy your brain tumor. 4g is not cutting it to do enough damage.

[@shelleydooney3720]

How do you propose getting rid of the people it will take to get down to 2 billion?

[@premanadi]

@@shelleydooney3720 If out of every two couples, one agrees to be childless and the other has only one child, we would be down to two billion by the end of the century. Then everyone could have two children after that.

[@thildi6949]

Mrs. Federoff is a very eloquent speaker. I admire how she leads the audience through her thoughts. But I am worried. I am not a specialist and have not her knowledge about genetic engineering. But its felt like she only shows one, not very objective point of view. I will definitely research a bit until I build my opinion. Because she only offers one solution.

[@m.p.7075]

I love the thought of a world with 10 million people with all the wealth belonging to about 100,000 of them and no decent jobs for anyone else because of automation. Never mind feeding more - we need to be breeding less. I'm really glad I wasn't selfish enough to bring children into this world - I don't think it's going to be much of a life going forward.

[@foolishdrunk2181]

Actually, wealth IS shifting away from rich nations, toward poor nations, but yes, it is happening very slowly

[@angelacasein7059]

It’s not merely natural resources but the spiritual quality of life on earth is insanely low right now it actually feel apocalyptic

[@brucechassy760]

Nina Fedoroff poses the most important question faced by contemporary society: will we? I hope so! Dr. Fedoroff eloquently describes the problem and lays solutions before us. Will we take them up? This is one of the best TEDx talks I have ever viewed.

[@dayceem]

GMO's, the miracle solution! Isn't that what they said about DDT?

[@develyntwocentshenderson5739]

malthus wasn't wrong, merely delayed. Rwanda was the first malthusian breakdown we have witnessed but no one wants to admit it.

[@natividadfamiliapereyra4162]

This lady is so smart...I wish she was my teacher.!!

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

She's a manipulator. Propaganda for genetic modification for corporations surrounded by truths. Government research is to protect other corporations. You catch my drift.

[@αγησιλαοςμυρτιλος]

im from a poor parents of greece,even that im 46 years old without children,and i have traveled to 8 countries,i make vacation to more than 20 islands,i mooved to 6 differents places of greece,and i had life there,i met more than one hundrend woman in my life,and i wondered if i had all this of experience in my life,if i had children,also maybe is a good idea to start to accept the different style of lifes,the clobal system teach still now the stereotypes,be a good family man ,be a good worker,maybe if we start to teach the people that life without children is really more exciting,andventurie,with no so many obligation and ets.........

[@freddy1571]

Good on you mate I am the same I understand that Greek culture and my more cultures around the world are not welcoming to people without kids but thats their problem and not yours Just tell them about the human over population problems today that keeps them quiet.

[@debbiehahn5622]

No, GMO food is an issue. There is great information in this video, however the information that genetic modification to crops is no more damaging than other forms of pesticides or fertilization is a very telling statement. Increasing the number of Organic /non GMO crops is the solution to the production issue. But the human race MUST loose it's romantic ideal of reproduction.

[@raniyerra3071]

If we see large picture, it is very important....people , governments won't realize until they face real issues ...she is intellectual. Predicting future ...I really appreciate her efforts. Thank you madem.

[@greogewestmann4913]

All is good until the corporations own food production. Allowing patents on food is wrong, but she never talked about that. This is GMO's propaganda, try to think deeper.

[@davidadcock3382]

Your post is false Greoge . Farmers own food production. We have had patented seed since Congress passed the Plant Variety Protection Act in 1970 Protecting Plant Breeders with Patented Rights. We have had patented seed for 47 years and it has nothing to do with gmo technology. It is only the anti-gmo-ers who use propaganda of lies and misinformation. I can help you with your deeper thoughts if you would like.

[@greogewestmann4913]

Regardless when "they" passed their patent laws, patents on food is wrong. GMO's are another extension of this. Farmers may produce the food, those that own and control seed will be the masters. Research how the GMO's have destroyed small farmers in third world nations through misleading claims and debt. It's not the tech. or even the possible positive results from GMO, it's the wealth hoarding corps. (neo liberalists) that I oppose. Thanks for your help.

[@davidadcock3382]

Sorry your post is again false. There are patents on seed but NOT on food. Farmers freely choose whether to use gmo technology seed and they overwhelmingly do. Do you know why? Corporations are involved in everything. Man has been breeding plants in all different ways for thousands of years to help benefit mankind. 500 years ago a carrot was pure white. GMO technology is use in many things to better the world. Almost all Insulin used today by diabetics is GMO insulin. GMO rennet has been used for decades to make cheese. The cheese making enzyme breaks down proteins and separates them from whey. Golden Rice to benefit vitamin A-deficient children. & BT CORN AND COTTON. GMO proteins include blood- clotting factors to help Hemophiliacs, the hepatitis B vaccine, thyroid hormones, laundry detergent enzymes, and many synthetically produced amino acids used in nutritional supplements. There are many many many more benefits of GMO technologies. We all should give thanks to GOD for giving us the wisdom of GMO and stand up to those that tell lies about GOD's blessings trying to play GOD themselves trying to take away his blessings.

[@Chris-ph3tw]

"Fear sells better than Facts."

[@dolmen6613]

we are SCREWED...

[@josephhenry1084]

No mention of Commodity speculators compounding the rise in food staples?

[@davidadcock3382]

Commodity speculators only buy and sell commodities, they do not produce or consume commodities that would change the supply of commodities.

[@ittakesaworld]

Genetic Mods are her speciality, her business- she is biased and it seems she's in Monsanto's pocket as well. I was a TV journalist back when VNR's were legal, now they are not. They seem like news but were paid for by companies and there was always some "plug" for their product. This "talk" has at least 4 "plugs" for monsanto. www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2015/09/monsanto-professors-gmo-PR

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

Of course

[@kl.johnny2232]

No honey, u DON'T hv to worry about 10 billion people for dinner, But u NEED to worry about 10 billion people FLOATING around u! 😊

[@jayreach3258]

Build green house sky scrapers that holds different stories of fruits and vegetables. You can do this in every city, town in the US. That will create more jobs and fresh organic fruits, veggies, rice, and other things we might need for our communitys. Don't need alot of land if your building up

[@thehoxhaistbodhisattva7967]

TAKE POLITICS OUT OF THE PICTURE PEOPLE. This woman gives me hope for the future of humanity.

[@suzannebertrand9779]

Interesting talk, and bringing us back to the roots of breeding: modifying the genome of organisms to get better characteristics for human or animal usage. Flower colors, gluten content, nitrogen absorption, disease resistance were all traits selected for by use of radiation, colchicine application, selection on long term. Now, fast forwarding with the usage of the science of our time, genomics! Will we have the wisdom to continue investing in this area of science? Will we stop because of scaremongering?

[@terencefield3204]

How long will tour greenhouses last after super storms nave ripped through them????

[@pollyphemeus]

Yes all the techniques she describes buy us more time. But she, like everyone else, ignored the baseline problem. Population. It's all well and good to make things a little more efficient, but that doesn't address the problem. You yourself said "10 billion people for dinner" and even admitted that as the countries they live in develop, they will use more resources. So lets say we do make more food, more efficiently. At the same time, 3rd world countries become 2nd world, and 2nd world ones rise to 1st world. Meaning we aren't increasing consumption on a flat curve by 3 billion people. We are increasing on an exponential curve where those 3 billion people represent more accurately another 5-7 billion people in terms of total consumption. More food is good, less people is WAYYYYY better.

[@timothybain4030]

Stalin knew how that by controling food he could reward compliance or punish discent by starving them. What is worrying is that via the UN the control of not just food but also water, energy, all consumption. If you do some research you will realize there are declining birthrates in many countries and not an exponential rise in global population.

[@greg5326]

We manage food well. We will be fine. Badly run countries have always starved their people. This is not a problem with food. It is a problem with government.

[@develyntwocentshenderson5739]

and the breeders won't stop at 10 billion

[@ihateyoutube2209]

what is that in her neck? it looks like someone slashed her neck

[@annoyingclods9463]

its like an attachment that makes your neck look FABULOUS

[@mkkrupp2462]

I agree. The first thing I thought.

[@NicoleLatchana]

Shall we comment on her shoes and colour coordination too? *sigh* Just listen to the woman speak for goodness sake.

[@jesusjaimevargas2928]

Population grow it is a very serious problem in Asia . Eventually we will need to close the continental borders. Europe it is closing its border The Americans continent should download the same. The American continent population should first take care of their own population . north and south of the continent .

[@dayceem]

Mmm, mmm. Dinnertime. Please pass the Soylent Green.

[@anthonyandrews5911]

38,968 views...we doooooooooooomed

[@Zuschauerquaeler]

My country has a fertility rate of 1.4 how is this our fault.

[@teenagevagabond6950]

Ten billion people! That's why we need more walls!

[@davidadcock3382]

How will a wall help?

[@angelinimartini]

GMO’s don’t affect everyone the same way. Just like not everyone has a peanut allergy, some people cannot handle genetically modified crops. So, saying there is no bad effect is naive.

[@tonyad291]

13:21 so this speech is not only supporting GMO foods but telling us that we've been ingesting them for some time now without realizing regardless of our diet. The seeds you buy at the store are probably from the same plants.

[@bystroffc]

It is so nice to hear the overpopulation message coming from a fellow molecular biologist!

[@bystroffc]

I don't think 10B is sustainable. Other estimates of carrying capacity are all much much lower.

[@dayceem]

Great. We'll get to where we can comfortably feed 10 billion people. The next question we'll be asking is... ...how do we feed 20 billion?

[@heathermariegaming]

Lol, right?

[@harackmw]

10 billion for dinner, and not as guests.

[@barbarakaufman5384]

FUNNY

[@grahamt5924]

We need to move into space. We have the technology and now we need to just do it.

[@enavalikov1378]

1. Although its true that the Arab spring was linked to increased food prices, its interesting that the biased biotech advocate (with plenty of conflicts of interest) forgets to mention the profound influence of speculation as a cause of food prices. 2) GMOs are used for biofuel and livestock feed, but doesn't actually feed people. Meat eating isn't inevitable, and in fact should be discouraged because it has been linked to pollution as well as human disease. Vegetarian diets are definitively linked with reductions in cardiovascular disease. 3) Monsanto is vilified with good reason-- it is an unethical parasitic corporation, this corporate creep defends. 4) Anyone who conflates genetic modification through selective breeding, seed sharing by farmers locally with genetic engineering and IPs, benefiting people like her, is lying to you. Genetic engineering is profoundly radically different--imposition of crops from the top down, crop in a box which can't possibly be optimized for local agronomic conditions. Now, having wasted 11 minutes of my life that aren't ever coming back, I am done listening to this perfect example of scum rising to the top, as the old adage goes. I am sure that the remaining 6 minutes are just more self-serving distortions and outright lies.

[@Jedicake]

WE HAVE A GOOGLE PhD HERE. EVERYONE WATCH OUT.

[@enavalikov1378]

No. You have someone with a Doctorate degtee, just not a Doctorate in philodophy: )

[@enavalikov1378]

Doctorates in philosophy are differentiated from other Doctorates because they aren't really Doctors licensed to practice medicine- just philosophize. ...talk....talk...talk.

[@thehoxhaistbodhisattva7967]

Ena Valikov So do you have an M.D.? lol

[@docmike7143]

Nikolas Stanley She's a vet

[@davidadcock3382]

No need for organic foods to be labelled to tell you when they are breed with radiation induced mutagenesis, only gmo technology crops and any products that sources any ingredient derived form a gmo technology crops, and that's for the right to know, right?

[@studinthemaking]

And we are all going to freeze to death. Like the egg heads said we were going to do in the 1970's!

[@prasetyosunardi6531]

I'd love her to eat the foods i have grown loaded with BAP, NAA, GA3, IAA, 24-D, and all sorts of other PGRs. I want to see how her cells mutated.

[@cebaztian]

I thought more of TED.

[@juusohamalainen7507]

I do not think we even want to feed 10 billion people.

[@themalaailaanaa1347]

Talk to the muslims first....

[@veganlion8662]

Doctor Music The largest muslim country in the world, Indonesia, has quite a low fertility rate these days. Absolutely worth to look it up. We should definitely focus on reducing population growth, but not on one religious group.

[@dineshakhade6910]

1 non vegetarian human consume natural resources of 10 vegetarian .world human population should be brought down and stabilise at 2 billion with all vegetarian so that world will have environment a century ago clean of all toxic in air ,water, and land . Also restoring population of endangered species like elephant , tiger, panda and other. Sustainable devlopment free of climate change is the challenge for human race

[@heaty007]

we need to build the death star. there is no other way. we must leave the earth and create mobile planets and we must explore the galaxy and devour everything in site to survive. no animal stays in the egg it was born in and now its time to leave the planet we call home.

[@heyitsalanhere]

"Food. Over 56 billion farmed animals are killed every year by humans." That's how many are killed. How many animals are sustained using the grain, land and water which humans could use more practically ???

[@frankkolton1780]

Animals are yummy!

[@dr.frasber3922]

5 years and 46 k veiws

[@russellarmer602]

you can not cook 10 lbs of food per day and only eat 6 of it

[@kenmarriott5772]

Didn’t you hear what he said? It’s the socialist government not the ability to produce food.

[@franksu3420]

Should recycle human bodies as fertiliser .

[@barbarakaufman5384]

your wrong. you don't want to scare people...what your saying is IMPOSSIBLE

[@develyntwocentshenderson5739]

Popcorn stand to observe the end of the world.

[@thejasonrk]

Must be a Monsanto shill.

[@shelleydooney3720]

This is GMO propoganda

[@seafront1]

10bn with job n a steak dinner. Ever get that hopeless feeling! Sorry for the lady.

[@jesusjaimevargas2928]

The American continent it is not overpopulated. Why politicians are afraid to point where the real overpopulated countries are. Let's close the borders of the American continent north and south and we can do fine.

[@pascalefred]

Reduce population instead of looking for food solutions for overpopulation !

[@shelleydooney3720]

How?

[@pascalefred]

@@shelleydooney3720 Thats a good question , I am afraid that will take away the choice of having more than 2 children .. if mankind wishes to survive it has to respect a healthy balance of reproduction .

[@salscopinich4679]

I vote for population control as sure thing vs tech innovation (maybe) in agriculture as Russian roulette?

[@jacedjohnson3541]

Sal Scopinich exactly. The fact that population control is completely circumvented in leu of some sketchy technological solution

[@joescott1621]

Arturo - It is unfortunately typical of organic supporters that if they cannot dispute something that does not fit their ideology, they dismiss it as propaganda or something paid for by large corporations. If it's wrong, then tell us WHY it's wrong.

[@michaelstanton3470]

Have you considered that GMO-based agriculture is reliant on oil? This is effectively a finite resource within human time-scales. Do you think it's responsible to support ever-greater populations and gamble that they'll "think of something" when the oil runs out? I don't call myself an organic supporter (I have no dog in that fight, nor interest in these labels), but I do know that modern agriculture is on a collision course with resources.

[@mortin0]

The world is already overpopulated. More people are being born then people are dying, at a rapid passe, we live longer to. And whit all the advancement of technology and robotics now a days there's more automatics and robots doing the jobs, and its going faster. More people are born, and less and less jobs. and we are using up more resources ever and faster. I think its going to come to a stand where ther are ritch people and pore people at som point. We are lucky to be borne now.

[@mac9521]

PLEASE PLEASE Give this talk to a bunch of Muslims in the mid East and Catholics in south and Central America and the East Asians and especially India.

[@timpolda7428]

This why freedom loving, God fearing Americans need to have lots of children and homeschool them with the truth! Bring them up lovingly to understand that hard work to gain is necessary, not counting on the government to give you anything except FREEDOM! If every country did this, our borders would not be spilling over with uneducated desperate citizens fleeing corrupt dictator led countries! Love God’s creation and be good stewards! Never submit to gov control of our freedoms! NeVER!!!

[@Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman]

Dumbasses like you are why this country is declining. You have a 19th century mentality in a modern world

[@riodejaneiro7675]

13:25 "and it affects only the insects that much on the plants" - can you think of another creature that munches on that corn? Also: "harmless bacteria"? In its original form perhaps but you have no idea what a plant that has been spliced with its genes will do. It's kind of ironic that she says GMO opposition is from people who benefit from opposing it. How about world dominance of our food supply through patents on all major crop seeds by Monsanto and others? Jeesh!

[@davidadcock3382]

Your post is false We have had patented seed both gmo and non gmo for 49 years. Bt gmo technology is now being use in Europe as in all over the world. Organic growers have used Bt for decades even injecting some food with Bt. I am sure you have heard of Bt corn. Bt corn contains naturally occurring Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria, a result of recombinant DNA techniques. that selectively kill caterpillar pest. Organic growers have for decades approved sprays containing Bt, a naturally occurring soil bacterium. Bt produces biotoxins lethal to moths,caterpillars and butterflies when ingested. Because it targets these insects' intestinal membranes(ABSENT in HUMANS and ANIMALS ), the EPA considers it benign to non- caterpillar species, including beneficial insects. When Organic growers spray Bt they kill all moths,caterpillars, and butterflies but we do not do that with gmo corn because only corn bore and corn root worms attacks corn so they are the only insects affected. For 80 years farmers like me used dangerous dangerous pesticides to control theses insects but today we do not have to use them thanks to gmo technology. GMO technology is safer for my children, my Wife, our water, our farm, and our environment. WE and YOU should give thanks to almighty GOD for the wisdom of GMO Technology.

[@kb4plh]

Politics and social media opinion aside, we see hope. Now if we are intelligent enough to grasp it.

[@tristramgordon8252]

The only time people start whining, is when there's no more beer, spirits, alcohol or, no more drugs of any kind, by then? too late

[@whitelotusvoice-over8423]

LOOF (REVERSEED), FUTURE JOBS= FUTURE POPULATION, ELSE CASTE SYSTEM MONEY APARTEID, MANY SUCH LONG LIVING BAD EFFECTS, ALSO YOU NEED 8.4 ACRES PER PERSON IN FUTURE. ALSO CUSTOMERS AND BUISNESS AND LOANS OF BANKERS NEED ONLY PEOPLE WITH JOBS, INCREASE 2 JOBS PER PERSON TO INCREASE BUISNESS, NOT POPULATION , GIVE FREE TIME , MORE RESERCH HAPPEN, SLOOF

[@rushikeshkale3547]

Will we?

[@Snaggletooth369]

I am 100% for pop control. I work in an industry where I see families keeping their loved ones artificially alive. I'm not talking brain dead. They're fully alive but have to spend their days in wheelchairs and beds, hooked up to dialysis machines while being taken care of by nurses and doctors. I get they're loved ones, but how precious are our resources that we spend them carelessly on those who plainly just exist anymore? I know we get into the whole "who are you to decide who's worth life" but there has to be a line. Our world will hit capacity in 60 years give or take. We need to stop having large families, adopt more often, and set parameters on the worth of life. Science isn't going to save our world. The hard choices will.

[@singertriboscience716]

I hope the Luddites who scare others with doom messages about GMOs will go away, like earlier Luddites who warned gas-lamp users of the dangers of electricity, or horse and buggy users who warned of the dangers of car engines. History is on the side of science and technology, almost tautologically so, because science has always been able to correct technological sloppiness.

[@daverockwell1996]

"Fear sells better than facts." Sad but true.

[@dustystahn3855]

The green revolution was to produce more food and end world hunger. Why is there a higher percentage of hungry people in Africa now? How come urban gardens today can produce 4 to 11 times as much food on a yield per acre basis than chemical farms without the use of chemicals? Before the farms produced decent crops without any chemicals but now crops can't be raised on them without massive doses of synthetic chemicals? The soil life has been depleted and much of the beneficial insects as well. Why didn't you bring those things up? You say farmers apply a 100,000.000 on their fields each year much of it runs off polluting our lakes and streams killing them. You did not mention The dead spots they created in the oceans. Nor did you mention that it is an result of the green revolution you admire. you also forgot to mention the farmers do it because the green revolution has destroyed the soils. Yet you advocate the use of more of these poisons. You show a government report that GMOs are as safe. But ignore the fact that 800 scientist concerned about the safety of GMOs asked governments for a ban on GMOs until further testing can be done. These are scientists are not conspiracy freaks. Governments are known to twist things and ignore anything that does not support there goals just like you have

[@davidadcock3382]

Your post is false. Lets discuss some of your ignorance. Farmers pay more for technology seed so we can use much less and much safer pesticides safer than many of the pesticides that organic growers use. Organic growers use tillage, tillage and more tillage thus creating soil erosion. Farmers used to farmed like organic farmers and use the same methods of tillage and more tillage creating soil erosion but today only organic farmers use alot of tillage. To much tillage cause the Mississippi delta to be created years ago. The reason there are hungry people in the world has to do with economics. If can afford non gmo and gmo foods how in the world are they going to pay for organic food that cost 3 and 4 times more money. Also if you would like to learn more about how gmo technology is just beginning to cure cancer with more cancer cure coming just ask.

[@dustystahn3855]

"Farmers pay more for technology seed so we can use much less and much safer pesticides safer than many of the pesticides that organic growers use." You admit that farmers are poisoning the food. There are no safe or safer poisons as all poisons kill. If they are safe why wear hazmat suits when using them? Are you willing to drink a table spoon of your safest poisons to prove they safe? If so will you do it publicly? There are thousands of people that would like to see this kind of proof. Claiming others use worse is a copout and is no excuse to go on poisoning people. Kings used to have people taste their food before they ate. It might be a good idea to have the poison manufactures and farmers taste them each time they sold or used some. That includes the bogus scientists that say they are safe. To use pesticides that indiscriminately kills plants and animals just to kill one is like indiscriminately shooting into a crowd with a machine gun to kill one particular person. Many of the plants and animals killed are beneficial some are even needed. All plants and animals are organic so all farms and gardens are organic and calling one organic and another not, only shows the persons ignorance. But some use poisons and others don't perhaps we should label food poisoned and not poisoned. That would be accurate. Please tell how GNOs are beginning to cure cancer? Chemotherapy was just beginning to cure cancer about a half a century ago and still hasn't succeeded.

[@uzairael8138]

500 crore ideal population & 200-300 crore suitable population of world .

[@oliverkeller2342]

some background on Nina Fedoroff: www.panna.org/blog/engineering-food-whom This leaves me seriously questioning her FUD driven talk which was not at all presented in a scientifically objective way.

[@jonathanw11]

Cool story there Oliver.

[@joedonlewis9820]

She started off with fear based facts. She left out the fear based facts concerning GMOs, like the whole genetically modified crop could be wiped out by one natural genetic mutation. I suppose the harder pitch would be that GMOs can provide a better quality of life for most people while shortening their life span, effectively reducing the population to a sustainable level. (except for rich people that can afford the best organic food)

[@davidadcock3382]

How could could a whole genetically modified crop be wiped out by on natural genetic mutation? Can the same thing happen to a NON genetically modified crop? I think you are lost on this subject Joe Don Lewis. How is Organic food better?

[@Thek0easy]

Not sure how I should feel about someone trying to link food prices to riots by showing a simple graph which assumes the outcome for that is a causation as opposed to a correlation.

[@shmadmanuts]

***** actually, she might be right I observe this in my country now: during last autumn& half of winter, a billion Euros were stolen by persons in government (that's ~1/8 of GDP) people started muttering the national currency went down by ~60%, then went up again, in only one week, the banks made a profit of tens of millions on the difference in exchange rates people muttered a bit louder just about now prices for food products are rising, still at an acceptable level even if, as a nation, we are too peaceful, the atmosphere is heating up, might be a revolution here by autumn, if things will keep going like they are now yes, when you pay unacceptable prices for food, one starts thinking of revolution

[@alwayslearning721]

Each country needs to feed their own people ...if they can't then they die.....we can't worry about the whole planet.

[@Clytia]

Or if they have the military means, they will attack other countries for resources.

[@99suspects]

no gmo

[@delprice3007]

'Government research': my new favorite oxymoron

[@mrvn000]

I agree with the woman. There are risk with GMO, but is worth trying.

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

Dislikes are the smart people. Sadly not many smart people.

[@jedimonk993]

Why?