The most public debate on the use of genetically modified seeds concerns their safety. Are they safe for the environment and safe for human consumption? These are crucial questions, arguably the most important. But there is a host of other important issues: democracy, public versus corporate control. Rights of communities and individuals. Control of the […]
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I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world These words, from Rainer Maria Rilke’s exquisite Book of Hours, are slightly paradoxical because this year we traveled less than any of the other years since we set off on our journey in 2011. My partner George’s health isn’t up to life
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Astrophysicist Carl Sagan once said, “If you want to bake an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” Every subatomic particle in an apple pie appeared in the first second after the universe expanded into being 13.7 billion years ago. He could have said the same of mud pies, though it wouldn’t have
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