Sales, public discourse & shifting attitudes toward science tag healthy foods as the driving force in nutrition industry
Jul. 5, 2011 12:18pm
In January 2010 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Bill Gates reiterates a longstanding support for genetic modification of the food supply in developing countries: “Our foundation is working with partners—Dupont Pioneer on maize and ADM on cocoa. Some of these are traditional breeding projects, and some of them are transgenic. In parallel, we’re also funding scientific expertise in Africa so that—three or four years from now, if things go as expected—when there are advances to crops with big benefit, each country can weigh those benefits against the risks.” Gates continues: “The...
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