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Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Good news for Canadian biotech

With Canada's farmers suffering under the problems of BSE, trade barriers and massive European and American subsidies it's good to see innovation is paying off:

A Canadian biotechnology company has a deal to supply more than 1.3 million pounds of genetically-modified seed potatoes to China next year. [...]

The GE potatoes grow to maturity in about 24 months, compared to 32 months for most potatoes. The company says Chinese consumers did not eat potatoes until Western fast food chains appeared. Now they can't get enough of them.

Good news for Vancouver-based Penn Biotech, Chinese farmers and consumers, who certainly need high yield farming techniques to feed their population. Let's hope the Chinese don't pay any attention to these fruitcakes:
When a group of political activists gather to disseminate information about the alleged dangers of genetically modified organisms, recruit new members to their cause and share a meal of organic foods they--quite naturally--get naked. And they play Twister.

It's Friday night at Buddy, an alternative art gallery in Wicker Park, and THONG (Topless Humans Organized for Natural Genetics) is celebrating their community while spreading their message and shedding their clothes. [...]

Tall, topless and thonged, Karen Bouwman is a new member of THONG. "It's cool to find a group that educates about what's really going on with the stuff we are consuming," says the 30-year-old Chicagoan, a vegetarian for 15 years. "There aren't any other groups like this."

She's right, groups like this are fairly rare.

(Cross-posted at Trudeaupia.)

Posted by Kevin Jaeger on August 10, 2004 in Food and Drink | Permalink

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I asume that the memebrs of THONG are also firmly against embryonic stem cell research and will be voting for George W. Bush to stop it.

Posted by: Mark C. | 2004-08-10 2:57:47 PM

I asume that the members of THONG are also firmly against embryonic stem cell research and will be voting for George W. Bush to stop it.

Posted by: Mark C. | 2004-08-10 2:57:50 PM


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