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Jeremy Rifkin
Jeremy Rifkin
American Economist
Born: Jan 26, 1945
First Food Life Will World You
Related authors: Alan Greenspan Herbert A. Simon John Kenneth Galbraith Milton Friedman Paul A. Volcker Richard Thaler Robert Reich Thomas Sowell
When we seed millions of acres of land with these plants, what happens to foraging birds, to insects, to microbes, to the other animals, when they come in contact and digest plants that are producing materials ranging from plastics to vaccines to pharmaceutical products? Jeremy Rifkin
Plants Insects Animals Other Birds Digest Seed Contact Come Materials Happens Land Acres Producing Products Pharmaceutical Millions Vaccines
Many of the mainstream agricultural scientists, especially at the agricultural schools, but at all of our major universities, are tied into all sorts of contractual relationships and consulting relationships with the life science companies. Jeremy Rifkin
Life Science Relationships Our Life Science Consulting Mainstream Major Schools Sort Tied Scientists Companies Many Agricultural Universities
We were making the first step out of the age of chemistry and physics, and into the age of biology. Jeremy Rifkin
Age Physics First Chemistry Biology Out Step First Step Making Were
What I'm suggesting to you is that this could be a renaissance. We may be on the cusp of a future which could provide a tremendous leap forward for humanity. Jeremy Rifkin
Future You Humanity Tremendous Could Renaissance Leap Provide May Which Cusp Forward Suggesting
The 10 largest antitrust law firms in the United States have gone into the federal courts charging Monsanto with creating a global conspiracy in violation of the antitrust laws, to control the global market in seeds. Jeremy Rifkin
Law Conspiracy Control Gone Monsanto Market States Charging Seeds Laws Federal Global Global Market Courts Antitrust Creating United United States Largest Violation
We are already producing enough food to feed the world. We already have technology in place that allows us to produce more than we can find a market for. Jeremy Rifkin
Food Technology World Enough Market Find More Feed Than Place Produce Us Producing
We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didn't do in the industrial age, and that is to get a leg up on this, to bring the public in quickly, to have an informed debate. Jeremy Rifkin
Age Opportunity Debate Though Something Industrial Up Leg Quickly Get Informed Public Now Bring
You can eliminate, for example, a Brazil nut gene if you know that it will create an allergenic effect. Jeremy Rifkin
You Will Example Brazil Nut Gene For Example Know Effect Create Eliminate
A refuge is supposed to prevent what? The genes from flowing out of sight? This refuge idea won't stop insects from moving across boundaries. That's absurd. Jeremy Rifkin
Insects Sight Out Prevent Absurd Idea Boundaries Genes Supposed Refuge Stop Moving Across Flowing
I know quite a few farmers all over the United States who have tried this and have said the opposite, that they have to use more herbicides, not less. The same holds true with BT. Jeremy Rifkin
Few States Tried More True Over Know Said Opposite Same Quite Holds Use Farmers Less Who United United States
If your corn has a herbicide-tolerant gene, it means you can spray your herbicides and kill the weeds; you won't kill your corn because it's producing a gene that makes it tolerant of the herbicide. Jeremy Rifkin
You Corn Gene Weeds Because Makes Spray Means Producing Your Tolerant
Europe will not accept genetically modified foods. It doesn't make any difference in the final analysis what Brussels does, what Washington does, or what the World Trade Organization does. Jeremy Rifkin
World Organization Will Analysis Final Brussels Foods Genetically Make Accept Trade Does Trade Organization Any Difference Modified Europe Washington World Trade World Trade Organization
The electronic media introduced this idea to the larger audience very, very quickly. We spent years and years and years meeting with activists all over Europe to lay the groundwork for a political response, as we did here. Jeremy Rifkin
Political Meeting Spent Response Introduced Lay Idea Over Audience Years Years And Years Very Quickly Did Europe Groundwork Electronic Electronic Media Activists Media Larger Here
The insurance companies aren't covering that. Should Monsanto be liable for these losses? Should the state government? Who's going to cover the losses? The fact is, here's an industry with no long-term liability in place. Jeremy Rifkin
Government Liable Monsanto State State Government Fact Long-Term Industry Insurance Insurance Companies Cover Covering Losses Going Place Should Companies Here Liability
So my attorneys brought litigation in the U.S. federal courts. The judge ruled in our favor. Jeremy Rifkin
Judge Our Ruled Favor Brought Federal Attorneys Courts Litigation
The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms. Jeremy Rifkin
Environmental Time Consequences Took Introducing Examined Potential Genetically Any Modified Really Organisms Position

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