Season 1 · Episode 85
Episode 88: Alan Lewis Takes On GMO Food Technology
The Checkout · Errol Schweizer
November 5, 202150m 0s
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Show Notes
Episode #88 Notes
0:45 - Alan’s issues of synthetic biology and GMO.
9:15 - On gene editing, CRISPR, and defining synthetic biology.
22:00 - How these technologies work and how they’re deployed in food production.
27:00 - Who is funding these technologies in food production?
38:00 - The Commons as a response to consolidated agricultural land ownership.
42:00 - On GMO’s in Africa.
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