More noise from Michael Pollan found here (and I have written on here). He suggests that the poor could get a more varied diet and avoid the effects of a vitamin poor diet (such as vitamin A deficiency) by planting “greens in pots around their houses…” That way, we would not need to employ Golden Rice.
Picture taken by Jonathan McIntosh, 2004.
In order to reduce vitamin A deficiency, Michael Pollan suggests “[We should] encourage [the poor] to plant squash or greens in pots around their houses or around the edges of fields.” Because, “Sometimes there’s a really boring way to achieve the same thing.”
Brilliant! Now why didn’t researchers think of that? Perhaps, because:
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. – H. L. Mencken
Once again, let’s listen to Dr. Florence Wambugu:
You people in the developed world are certainly free to debate the merits of genetically modified foods, but can we please eat first?”
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Two excellent points! I love “full bellies and empty skulls”!