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Nina Fedoroff Quotes

We need to continue to decrease the growth rate of the global population; the planet can’t support many more people Picture Quote #1

For me science is not different from art, except in the one small, crucial detail that experiments speak their own truths, not ours Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We’ve gotten so good at growing food that we’ve gone, in a few generations, from nearly half of Americans living on farms to 2 percent. We no longer think about how the wonderful things in the grocery store got there, and we’d like to go back to what we think is a more natural way Picture Quote #1

We have six-and-a-half-billion people on the planet, going rapidly towards seven. We’re going to need a lot of inventiveness about how we use water and grow crops Picture Quote #1

We have domesticated crops over a very long period of time, like tens of thousands of years. And crops get - seeds get carried. Sometimes, if they’re very small seeds, they get scattered off trucks. Pollen travels Picture Quote #1

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There’s almost no food that isn’t genetically modified. Genetic modification is the basis of all evolution. Things change because our planet is subjected to a lot of radiation, which causes DNA damage, which gets repaired, but results in mutations, which create a ready mixture of plants that people can choose from to improve agriculture Picture Quote #1

Jumping genes are fundamental because they’re agents of change. Everybody knows that organisms evolve. What makes them evolve is that their genes are dynamic and in motion. A familiar example is the stripe-y corn - called Indian corn - that you buy in the fall Picture Quote #1

In agriculture, people have taken wild plants that can’t be eaten by people - and turned them into wonderful food sources. And that’s because genomes can change, and people working with plants have picked mutations. Mutations are nothing more than genetic changes Picture Quote #1

The more we can grow on already cultivated land, the better Picture Quote #1

Weeds do become resistant to herbicides, and it needs to be managed with multiple herbicides Picture Quote #1

There are probably already too many people on the planet Picture Quote #1

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New molecular methods that add or modify genes can protect plants from diseases and pests and improve crops in ways that are both more environmentally benign and beyond the capability of older methods Picture Quote #1

We are sliding back into a dark era, and there seems little we can do about it. I am profoundly depressed at just how difficult it has become merely to get a realistic conversation started on issues such as climate change or genetically modified organisms Picture Quote #1

One 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 Picture Quote #1

Myths about the dire effects of genetically modified foods on health and the environment abound, but they have not held up to scientific scrutiny. And, although many concerns have been expressed about the potential for unexpected consequences, the unexpected effects that have been observed so far have been benign Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

As people around the world become more affluent, they are demanding diets richer in animal protein, which will require ever more robust feed crop yields to sustain Picture Quote #1

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The influence of a science adviser is only as good as ears open to that science advice Picture Quote #1

In the last century, as we learned more about genes, we were able to devise ways of accelerating evolution Picture Quote #1

I don’t know how you overcome the dearth of scientists in the government positions Picture Quote #1

Civilization depends on our expanding ability to produce food efficiently, which has markedly accelerated thanks to science and technology Picture Quote #1

If there are more and more environmental refugees, they are going to end up on your doorstep too Picture Quote #1

We need to continue to decrease the growth rate of the global population; the planet can’t support many more people Picture Quote #1

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We need to continue to decrease the growth rate of the global population; the planet can’t support many more people. (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) For me science is not different from art, except in the one small, crucial detail that experiments speak their own truths, not ours. (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) 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 Fedoroff Quotes) We’ve gotten so good at growing food that we’ve gone, in a few generations, from nearly half of Americans living on farms to 2 percent. We no longer think about how the wonderful things in the grocery store got there, and we’d like to go back to what we think is a more natural way (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) We have six-and-a-half-billion people on the planet, going rapidly towards seven. We’re going to need a lot of inventiveness about how we use water and grow crops (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) We have domesticated crops over a very long period of time, like tens of thousands of years. And crops get - seeds get carried. Sometimes, if they’re very small seeds, they get scattered off trucks. Pollen travels (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) There’s almost no food that isn’t genetically modified. Genetic modification is the basis of all evolution. Things change because our planet is subjected to a lot of radiation, which causes DNA damage, which gets repaired, but results in mutations, which create a ready mixture of plants that people can choose from to improve agriculture (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) Jumping genes are fundamental because they’re agents of change. Everybody knows that organisms evolve. What makes them evolve is that their genes are dynamic and in motion. A familiar example is the stripe-y corn - called Indian corn - that you buy in the fall (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) In agriculture, people have taken wild plants that can’t be eaten by people - and turned them into wonderful food sources. And that’s because genomes can change, and people working with plants have picked mutations. Mutations are nothing more than genetic changes (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) The more we can grow on already cultivated land, the better (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) Weeds do become resistant to herbicides, and it needs to be managed with multiple herbicides (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) There are probably already too many people on the planet (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) New molecular methods that add or modify genes can protect plants from diseases and pests and improve crops in ways that are both more environmentally benign and beyond the capability of older methods (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) We are sliding back into a dark era, and there seems little we can do about it. I am profoundly depressed at just how difficult it has become merely to get a realistic conversation started on issues such as climate change or genetically modified organisms (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) One 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 Fedoroff Quotes) Myths about the dire effects of genetically modified foods on health and the environment abound, but they have not held up to scientific scrutiny. And, although many concerns have been expressed about the potential for unexpected consequences, the unexpected effects that have been observed so far have been benign (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) 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 Fedoroff Quotes) As people around the world become more affluent, they are demanding diets richer in animal protein, which will require ever more robust feed crop yields to sustain (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) The influence of a science adviser is only as good as ears open to that science advice (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) In the last century, as we learned more about genes, we were able to devise ways of accelerating evolution (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) I don’t know how you overcome the dearth of scientists in the government positions (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) Civilization depends on our expanding ability to produce food efficiently, which has markedly accelerated thanks to science and technology (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) If there are more and more environmental refugees, they are going to end up on your doorstep too (Nina Fedoroff Quotes) We need to continue to decrease the growth rate of the global population; the planet can’t support many more people (Nina Fedoroff Quotes)