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POPSAfter Imperialists Came, We "Forgot" Our Food If you don't remember or were not taught that local greens are good food, you could go hungry because you couldn't afford cabbage or spinach. Kenyan scientist rediscovers good greens native to Kenya's environment. Guess they don't need those GMO beans fro India and USA after all! Wonder in how many formerly colonized nations where hunger is common that native foods have just been fogotten or overlooked?
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POPSThe Wallaby's Revenge - Invade US Australia comes close to holding the record in mucking up its environment by importing plants and animals that nearly destroyed Australia's uniqu flora and fauna. They even had to build thousands of miles of fences to keep non-indigenous rabbits from invading new territory. Now we have a company that thinks its genetically engineered for withstanding colder zones Eucalyptus trees should be sold in US. They grow like weeds and suck up water big time - goodbye native pine trees!
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POPSProfit & Privatizing vs Survival If some firms have their way, they could claim ownership of the more than 2,000 varieties of potatoes and then genetically modify them for profit, thereby shutting off the Peruvian people who share their knowledge and assure survival of all varieties. The same scenario is being fought over corn. Should Monsanto and Conagra "own" food genes developed by nature?
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POPSMaintain Jobs or Endanger Environment? Politicians and the folks whose current jobs/livelihoods are at risk are mightily tempted to say: "Save the jobs now, the heck with the fish, the owls, or whatever part of the environment (other than people) that is saying, "you people are killing us and ultimately yourselves."" We are not on top of or outside of the environment no mater how tempted we are to put ourselves there.
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