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If everybody switched to organic farming, we couldn't support the earth's current population - maybe half.
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The influence of a science adviser is only as good as ears open to that science advice.
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The more we can grow on already cultivated land, the better.
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New molecular methods that add or modify genes can protect plants from diseases and pests and improve crops in ways that are both more environmentally benign and beyond the capability of older methods.
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In the last century, as we learned more about genes, we were able to devise ways of accelerating evolution.
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I don't know how you overcome the dearth of scientists in the government positions.
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We need to continue to decrease the growth rate of the global population; the planet can't support many more people.
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Jumping genes are fundamental because they're agents of change. Everybody knows that organisms evolve. What makes them evolve is that their genes are dynamic and in motion. A familiar example is the stripe-y corn - called Indian corn - that you buy in the fall.