In many places in the developed world, we eat or waste probably twice as many food calories as we really need. We're wasteful of food. We ship all over the world. We're now realizing that generating the energy to ship the food around the world is also ruining our climate.
Nina FedoroffOne of the really remarkably beneficial aspects of genetic engineering is that much of the previous methodology for controlling pests and so forth is through chemicals that affect a very broad spectrum of insects, for example, or fungicides that control fungi.
Nina FedoroffWeeds do become resistant to herbicides, and it needs to be managed with multiple herbicides.
Nina FedoroffWe need to continue to decrease the growth rate of the global population; the planet can't support many more people.
Nina Fedoroff