Nina Fedoroff Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Civilization depends on our expanding ability to produce food efficiently, which has markedly accelerated thanks to science and technology.”

“The influence of a science adviser is only as good as ears open to that science advice.”

“The more we can grow on already cultivated land, the better.”

“We need to continue to decrease the growth rate of the global population; the planet can't support many more people.”

“Weeds do become resistant to herbicides, and it needs to be managed with multiple herbicides.”

“In agriculture, people have taken wild plants that can't be eaten by people - and turned them into wonderful food sources. And that's because genomes can change, and people working with plants have picked mutations. Mutations are nothing more than genetic changes.”

“We wouldn't think of going to our doctor and saying 'Treat me the way doctors treated people in the 19th Century,' and yet that's what we're demanding in food production.”

“As people around the world become more affluent, they are demanding diets richer in animal protein, which will require ever more robust feed crop yields to sustain.”

“Jumping genes are fundamental because they're agents of change. Everybody knows that organisms evolve. What makes them evolve is that their genes are dynamic and in motion. A familiar example is the stripe-y corn - called Indian corn - that you buy in the fall.”

“There are probably already too many people on the planet.”