Sprouting Science

Let's crank up the pressure on Greenpeace and similar dogmatic anti-biotechnology organizations. They've been feeding at the trough of irrational fear and hate for over two decades, and people have suffered because of it.

More than 100 Nobel laureates take on Greenpeace over GMO stance Latest sign of rift between scientific establishment and anti-GMO activists

"I think many people see food growing in their backyard and a salad at dinner throughout the summer season and assume they are feeding themselves," Moskal said. "They don't realize that calorie-wise, that's not really the whole picture."

Cities in milder climates could produce somewhat more, but in most cases, crops grown within city limits can only provide enough food for a tiny fraction of the population.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160113173505.htm

Urban food crop production capacity and competition with the urban forest We applied the method to Seattle, WA, and found that that between 1% and 4% of Seattle's population could be supported with a complete vegetarian diet from food grown within the city.