Vandana Shiva challenges the assumption that Third World women farmers are partners in the projects of genetic engineering of crops and patenting of seed. She argues that women must resist the attempt by the biotechnology industry and agribusiness as well as governments of the US and Canada to...

Biofortification through genetic engineering is an unethical and inefficient attempt to introduce nutrition into nutritionally empty food and farming. Malnutrition and nutrient deficiency results from destroying biodiversity and, with it, rich sources of nutrition. Organic and biodiverse food...