Journalistic Merchants of Doubt Seek to Destroy Trust in Science
In last week's New York Times , reporter Danny Hakim once again provides a political cherry picking that strives to harm public perception of science. Hakim is part of a cadre of journalists that clearly have personal disdain for conventional farming, particularly if it is supported by technologies from biotech seed companies. His series in the New York Times is called Uncertain Harvest , an ironic term seeing as though food security in this country and around the world has never been better. Thanks to improvements in genetics and production techniques, the harvest has never been more certain. There absolutely still is a lot of work to do. Food insecure regions of the world will benefit from new technologies. Our inner cities feature food deserts, areas of poverty devoid of healthy fresh food. Ag producers in the industrialized world will rely on new technology to help them remain profitable and competitive. There is no question of this in the scientific community. Y