Daily Pinta Is Good For You. For years children were encouraged to eat their greens and drink their milk. Scientific evidence has shown greens do fight against cancer, but it was thought the high fat content in milk was not so healthy. However researchers from Bristol University have men who regularly drink milk are in fact less likely to have coronary heart disease, and also seem to get some protection from cancer and stroke. Sky News .
Protesters try to scare pupils off their milk.
The Genetically Modified Crop Debate in the Context of Agricultural Evolution. Many other innovations that are now commonplace in our lives were met with skepticism and opposition when first introduced. Humans and crops will always be mutually dependent on each other's survival, and the guided evolution of crops will continue but increasingly will be more knowledge-based and responsible. An appreciation of the history of agricultural development however may provide us with a useful roadmap for devising appropriate strategies to informing and rationalizing societal responses to crop improvement. Paraphrasing the American philosopher George Santayana, ignoring history may condemn us to repeat it, but an understanding of the past may as well lead us to an enlightened future.