Comments on: GMOs 2.0: Synthetic Biology and its Threats to Small-Scale Farmers and Fair Trade https://fairworldproject.org/gmos-2-0-synthetic-biology-and-its-threats-to-small-scale-farmers-and-fair-trade/ Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Frank Akpoviri https://fairworldproject.org/gmos-2-0-synthetic-biology-and-its-threats-to-small-scale-farmers-and-fair-trade/#comment-9017 Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:01:00 +0000 https://fairworldproject.org/?p=5989#comment-9017 Thanks for your work. Please do you have videos on how synthetic biology threatens African farmers of vanilla, artemisia annua, stevia, shear nuts, etc? I would appreciate having the links.

]]> By: Erika https://fairworldproject.org/gmos-2-0-synthetic-biology-and-its-threats-to-small-scale-farmers-and-fair-trade/#comment-1293 Sat, 02 May 2015 14:45:59 +0000 https://fairworldproject.org/?p=5989#comment-1293 With virtually no testing and no regulation, awareness of the Law of Unintended Consequences should be the driving idea here. Looking at history, humans are amazingly clever, but amazingly short-sighted with their ‘solutions’ to problems.

]]> By: stuart https://fairworldproject.org/gmos-2-0-synthetic-biology-and-its-threats-to-small-scale-farmers-and-fair-trade/#comment-1160 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 20:23:30 +0000 https://fairworldproject.org/?p=5989#comment-1160 great article!

]]> By: LEO G YOUNGER https://fairworldproject.org/gmos-2-0-synthetic-biology-and-its-threats-to-small-scale-farmers-and-fair-trade/#comment-1156 Sun, 30 Nov 2014 04:10:09 +0000 https://fairworldproject.org/?p=5989#comment-1156 It would be a fatal error to assume that any so-called progress is automatically good for humans. Comments

]]> By: Kerstin https://fairworldproject.org/gmos-2-0-synthetic-biology-and-its-threats-to-small-scale-farmers-and-fair-trade/#comment-1136 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:39:31 +0000 https://fairworldproject.org/?p=5989#comment-1136 In reply to Maria Martinez.

Maria, I would encourage you to check out some of the ETC Group’s reports and resources http://www.etcgroup.org/issues/synthetic-biology. Although the author of this article is an independent voice, Fair World Project has also separately expressed similar concerns including displacement of farmers and the fact that the raw ingredients going into synbio products can themselves be resource-intensive to grow.

]]> By: Maria Martinez https://fairworldproject.org/gmos-2-0-synthetic-biology-and-its-threats-to-small-scale-farmers-and-fair-trade/#comment-1135 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 07:37:50 +0000 https://fairworldproject.org/?p=5989#comment-1135 I think it is awesome that Ecover is using sustainable and safe algae oils.
All this fear mongering by eco-extremists is pathetic.
The groups critcizing don’t know anything about the process and the potential and obviously have an agenda.
They would rather see this planet destroyed than support progress.
Terrible.

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