After discussing the Green Revolution and Vandana Shiva today in on Friday, I came across this New Yorker article that quotes Shiva many times explaining her opposition to the Green Revolution and how such a movement is detrimental to the world around us.
There article quotes Shiva many times, however, the quote that stuck with me the most was when Shiva stated, “I realized they [people in favor of genetic engineering] want to patent life, and life is not an invention”. It is true, that GMO seeds treat plants as an item that is not living in any sense. Although plants differ from animals in the sense that they do not express emotions or have definite nervous systems, plants are still living beings that deserve to let the course of evolution govern their development as opposed to having human beings play the role of “God”. Read this article! Shiva states her opinions very strongly as a critic of the Green Revolution.
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