December Issue - Seedling in 2000 by | 30 Dec 2000 Seedling - December 2000 Click here to download the full December issue of Seedling in PDF format. Individual articles are available in HTML format below. Click here to download the full December issue of Seedling in PDF format. Individual articles are available in HTML format below.
EAT UP YOUR VACCINES by GRAIN | 25 Dec 2000 Seedling - December 2000 Edible vaccines are being touted as an example of the benefits genetic engineering can bring to the South. They promise to be cheap, accessible and safe ... and too good to be true? Edible vaccines are being touted as an example of the benefits genetic engineering can bring to the South. They promise to be cheap, accessible and safe ... and too good to be true?
TRADE AND HUNGER by John Madeley | 20 Dec 2000 Seedling - December 2000 A new report finds that so-called 'free' trade as promoted by the World Trade Organisation benefits only the rich, while making the poor more vulnerable to food insecurity. A new report finds that so-called 'free' trade as promoted by the World Trade Organisation benefits only the rich, while making the poor more vulnerable to food insecurity.
POTATO: THE NEW GLOBAL TRAVELLER by GRAIN | 15 Dec 2000 Seedling - December 2000 Traditionally grown for domestic markets, the meteoric rise of the fast-food industry is increasing global demand and turning the potato into a big export commodity for the seed companies . Traditionally grown for domestic markets, the meteoric rise of the fast-food industry is increasing global demand and turning the potato into a big export commodity for the seed companies .