Sustainable farming needs bioengineering
The recent discussion surrounding Berkeley dining hall begs a larger debate about sustainable food at Yale and "sustainable agriculture" in general. The food purchased by Berkeley, farmed using organic methods, is supposedly more Earth-friendly than the food served elsewhere on campus. But in pushing the theory that organic farming is the solution to humanity's agricultural problems, proponents of those methods have blinded the public and Yale's administration to both the disadvantages of organic techniques and the viable alternative; though organic farming can be less damaging than...
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