Despite the negative sentiments in Europe against biotech crops the area grown has almost doubled compared to last year. It seems that slowly farmers are experiencing the benefits of the genetically engineered crops. And, at the same time, as farmers plough their fertile fields, behind the scenes EuropaBio, the organization of European biotech companies, intensively works on the political fields in Europe

My previous blog "Going organic is a dead-end street" received a lot of comments, mostly telling me that I didn’t know what I was talking about. However, the FAO backs my conclusion.