GMO Labeling And “The China Scenario”

Written by Steve Savage When asked, "Do you want foods that contain GMOs to be labeled?" most US consumers say, "Yes."  To those unfamiliar with the food system, this sounds like a simple request.  The reality is that GMO labeling…

250 g rice from a single maize-rice hybrid plant announced by China

"Maize rice" developed in Henan, ChinaSeedQuest AnnouncementChinaOctober 14, 2010Recently, over 30 experts from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Henan Provincial Department of Science and Technology and Department of Agriculture, and some other organizations were…

Amartya Sen’s entitlement thesis muddied by history of China’s great famine: Food for Arms

Cover of Frank Dikötter's bookSystematic genocide 25 September 2010Jasper Becker's review at The SpectatorThis book sheds light on many other aspects of the famine but its great importance is to remind us of why we need to revise our understanding of 20th-century…