From Salon.com: "American farmers, spurred by ethanol frenzy, are planting the largest corn crop in more than 50 years.The demand is so high, reports Farm News, that seed companies are running out of the most popular varieties of corn seed."
- Andrew Leonard
Monsanto, the world's largest genetically modified (GM) seed company, is drooling over the increased demand for ethanol-based biofuels. When it comes to supply and demand of GM corn, Monsanto is running the show. However magical the new species of plants appear, critics of genetically modified organizms (GMO's) are worried about the vast genetic experiment this corporation is playing on the evolution of species. What is driving the demand? What are some of the environmental concerns? Read more at www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/03/26/triple_stacked_hybrids/index.html?source=rss
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