The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms. Jeremy Rifkin consequenceenvironmentalexamine Change image and share on social
One thing I've learned over these last 30 or 40 years is that people make history. There's no fait accompli to any of this. Jeremy Rifkin accomplifaithave Change image and share on social
The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled 'genetically engineered', the public will shy away and won't take them. Jeremy Rifkin engineerfoodgenetically Change image and share on social
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 feedfindfood Change image and share on social
The public should know that the liability issues here have yet to be resolved, or even raised. If you're a farmer and you're growing a genetically engineering food crop, those genes are going to flow to the other farm. Jeremy Rifkin cropengineerfarm share on social
The insurance companies aren't covering that. Should Monsanto be liable for these losses? Should the state government? Who's going to cover the losses? The fact is, here's an industry with no long-term liability in place. Jeremy Rifkin companycoverfact share on social
The electronic media introduced this idea to the larger audience very, very quickly. We spent years and years and years meeting with activists all over Europe to lay the groundwork for a political response, as we did here. Jeremy Rifkin activistaudienceelectronic share on social
I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential benefits and all the potential harms, in advance of the technology coming online and running its course. Jeremy Rifkin advancebenefitcome share on social
If your corn has a herbicide-tolerant gene, it means you can spray your herbicides and kill the weeds; you won't kill your corn because it's producing a gene that makes it tolerant of the herbicide. Jeremy Rifkin corngeneherbicide Change image and share on social
Here we are 17 years later. Those agencies never did come through. Jeremy Rifkin agencyyear Change image and share on social
