The Damage of Misplaced Activism
Today's Haiti Sentinel features an article by Editor-in-Chief Samuel Maxime. He tells the scandalous tale of 150 tons of "genetically modified corn seeds" sent to Haiti from Mexico by CIMMYT-- a place sponsored by the likes of Bill Gates and other "Clinton confidants". Oh no! Seeds shipped for humanitarian aid! The atrocity must stop! But wait, are they really even GMO seeds? Samuel is clearly displeased. As he states, the seeds were sent to jumpstart the Hatian farming economy as part of a partnership between CIMMYT, USAID, and Feed the Future. Seems like a great idea, but he's not too happy about this. Why? His next paragraph summarizes it well. Apparently the seeds create drug addicted soils and make farmers poor. Samuel also contends that these organizations are giving away seeds because their top priority is profit, which seems like a really lousy business model. Here it is, right from the Editor-in-Chief: And of co