Quote by Jeremy Rifkin
The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence fr

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

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Whats different here is that we have now technologies that allow these life science companies to bypass classical breeding. Thats what makes it both powerful and exciting. – Jeremy Rifkin

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Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops. – Jeremy Rifkin

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The position I took at the time was that we hadnt really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms. – Jeremy Rifkin

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Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is. – Isaac Mizrahi

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From the minute I wake up until I go to bed I think about food. – Helena Christensen

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But they do not eat hot peppers in the United States. Here and there, yes. But hot peppers there are weak peppers here. – James Street (1903–1954), “The Grains of Paradise” [Village of Feliz, Taba

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