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  • From: Anna Webb <electricwind@earthlink.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] GM crops 'the only way to feed world' says agri expert
  • Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:33:23 -1000

Here is what I found on the Internet in regard to this man. Anna

JOHN C. BAIZE concurrently provides WPI with international expertise in oilseeds. He has chaired and participated in conferences on oilseeds and oilseed products in Europe, Asia, and Latin America as well as in the U.S. He was actively involved on behalf of U.S. oilseed organizations and companies during negotiations on both the Uruguay Round and the NAFTA. He has been an advisor to the United Soybean Board's Marketing, Trade Analysis, and Audit and Evaluation Committee for 5 years.

Mr. Baize also serves as President of John C. Baize and Associates, an international agricultural trade and policy consulting firm specializing in the oilseeds sector.

Prior to establishing his own firm in 1989, Baize served for over 10 years as a Staff Vice President in the American Soybean Association's Washington office, where his duties included overall domestic and international policy development and implementation. Prior to joining the American Soybean Association, Baize served as a member of the staff of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) where he was involved in several aspects in the Tokyo Round of GATT negotiations. Baize also served for four years on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture where he was responsible for domestic livestock and grains policy, as well as international trade and export policy.

Baize has served as Chairman of the USDA/USTR Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for trade in oilseeds and oilseed products. Raised on a Texas grain and livestock farm, Baize earned a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture from Texas Tech University and a Master of Science degree in agriculture from Colorado State University.

World Perspectives is a DC based "think tank" - so you can be assured it's "powered" by those interested in steering the results of its "expertise. Anna

On Sep 13, 2008, at 7:21 AM, livingontheland-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

At 01:46 AM 9/11/2008, you wrote:

The "expert" has no resume given here. Could be a janitor. But the
big one: what they never tell us is why no GMO crop has ever
increased production anywhere, or how or when they expect one to do
so.  Like he says crops genetically modified to tolerate drought
would greatly increase productivity in dry parts of Australia, but
those crops don't exist yet, and won't fulfill that promise.  But
they will make a lot of money.

Notice that he also gives the false choice between using GMO crops to
allegedly increase yield, and clearing the rainforests for farming.
Since there has been a lot of negative publicity about clearing old
forests (and especially rainforest), that's a way of making people
think using GMO crops would be preferable. Same old tricks.

Liz in SW VA
http://life-as-a-spectator-sport.com




  • Re: [Livingontheland] GM crops 'the only way to feed world' says agri expert, Anna Webb, 09/13/2008

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