Mark Lynas's recent lecture to the Oxford Farming Conference begins:
I want to start with some apologies. For the record, here and upfront, I apologise for having spent several years ripping up GM crops. I am also sorry that I helped to start the anti-GM movement back in the mid 1990s, and that I thereby assisted in demonising an important technological option which can be used to benefit the environment. As an environmentalist, and someone who believes that everyone in this world has a right to a healthy and nutritious diet of their choosing, I could not have chosen a more counter-productive path. I now regret it completely. ...
Read on ... . It's informative, and may be uncomfortable for open-minded passing eco-activists. Just goes to show what happens when you think about something for long enough ...
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