We are already producing enough food to feed the world. We already have technology in place that allows us to produce more than we can find a market for. – Jeremy Rifkin
The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence from eating all these fatty meats, our poor brethren in the developing world die of diseases of poverty, because the land is not used now to grow food grain for their families. – Jeremy Rifkin
In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didnt have the cultural dimension. This is a fast-food culture. – Jeremy Rifkin
The public should know that the liability issues here have yet to be resolved, or even raised. If youre a farmer and youre growing a genetically engineering food crop, those genes are going to flow to the other farm. – Jeremy Rifkin
And if you look at the reality in the United States, where you have more than 40 million people below the poverty line and 42 million on food stamps, and then you look at poverty around the world, clearly the way were running the engine of capitalism is not serving us well. – Simon Mainwaring