Ultimately, we must have a sustainable system of food production, or humanity simply will not survive. Thousands of farmers around the globe are working to build such a system, but they are forced to do it pretty much on their own. Successful examples of sustainable farmers around the globe serve as proof that we don't need biotechnology to feed the world, we just need a lot more people who understand how to work with nature rather than against it. While our public universities and agencies are spending billions of tax payers' dollars to subsidize giant multinational corporations, these innovative, creative farmers are working, with very little outside help, to create the real future of agriculture. We have perhaps a fifty year window of opportunity to develop a system of food and fiber production that is economically viable, ecologically sound, and socially responsible.
Biotechnology fails all three tests of sustainability.
We have every right to question those who advocate biotechnology as the future of agriculture and of humanity.