Mark Lynas

Back in his student days, science writer and journalist Mark Lynas was one of the first and loudest voices of the anti-GMO movement. He wrote some of the most-read articles about genetically modified organisms, led protests, and may or may not have coined the term “Frankenfood”. But then he really looked into the science of GMO, and did a full 180. In a world-famous speech in 2013, Mark retracted his earlier views, and apologised for having destroyed GM crops. He’s since worked with smallholder farmers in Asia and Africa who, use GMO to better cope with pests, diseases and droughts. He is still an activist, but now he forefronts science in his activism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Mark Lynas is an episode from It's a Long Story by Sydney Opera House.

This episode is 37:23 long.

This episode was published on Mar 25, 2019.

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