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Lisa Weazel

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Can genetically modified crops help feed the world?

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

India rejected what would have been their first genetically modified food crop. What does this mean for the future of genetically modified crops? We talk with biologist Lisa Weazel, author of Food Fray: Inside the Controversy of Genetically Modified Food.

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