Industries behind the genetically engineered crops

Robyn O'Brien, Author of The Unhealthy Truth, explains which industries are behind the genetic engineering of our crops, and what led crops to begin being genetically engineered
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Industries behind the genetically engineered crops

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What are the industries that are behind the genetic engineering of our crops? It's not who you would expect. You would think it would be farmers and agriculture, but it's actually a bunch of chemical companies, and they have genetically engineered our food crops to withstand increasing doses of their chemicals. In that process, in that genetic engineering process, they have also patented our food crops, and so now those food crops are owned by a handful of chemical companies. And this all began 15 or 20 years ago before most of us were paying attention, and before we had these escalating rates of diseases. And as we're waking up to this, not only are we questioning this new technology and basically what's an operating system now on our food supply, where these seeds require these chemicals to grow, but there are also a growing number of people and scientists that are concerned with the ethics of a handful of chemical corporations owning the patents on the food supply.

Robyn O'Brien, Author of The Unhealthy Truth, explains which industries are behind the genetic engineering of our crops, and what led crops to begin being genetically engineered

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Robyn O'Brien

Author, The Unhealthy Truth

Robyn O'Brien is recognized by Teri Hatcher, Kourtney Kardashian, Kristen Bell and moms around the world.  She has been called “food’s Erin Brockovich” by The New York Times and has been named by SHAPE Magazine as a “Women To Shape the World”, by Forbes Woman as one of “20 Inspiring Women to Follow on Twitter,” and by The Discovery Channel as one of its 15 Top Visionaries. She is a former food industry analyst, author, mother of four and the founder of AllergyKids Foundation. Robyn graduated as the top woman in her class from business school before working as a financial analyst that covered the food industry. She is regarded as an expert on children’s health policy.  She has appeared on CNN, The Dr Oz show, Today Show, Good Morning America, CNBC's Kudlow Report, Fox News and the Ricki Lake Show and has appeared in several documentary films, including Food Patriots, Unacceptable Levels, Genetic Roulette.  

Robyn’s work has been recognized by individuals such as Yoko Ono, Robert Kennedy Jr., Ted Turner and Prince Charles. She is the founder of the visionary organization allergykidsfoundation.org which is focused on restoring the integrity of the food supply and the health of children, the author of The Unhealthy Truth (Random House 2010) and her work is seen in Food, Inc. filmmaker Robert Kenner’s 2012 video, Labels Matter, and in Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.

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