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	<description>Stronger plants, stronger science, and stronger communication.</description>
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		<title>Monster corn!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This summer will be my 4th year growing corn for my research. Every year, I&#8217;ve seen some crazy things in the transgenic and non-transgenic fields alike. For example:

On the left is &#8220;tassel ear&#8221;, where silks and kernels (female, seed producing plant parts) appear on the tassel (male, pollen producing plant parts), where they are most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.biofortified.org/2010/03/monster-corn/</link>
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		<title>Planting for a Greener Yield</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Brandon Hunnicutt
Over the last 15 years, agriculture has been changing technologically at an amazing pace.  It is something that is truly fun to look back at and realize where we have come.  As a producer of corn, soybeans, wheat, seed corn, and popcorn over many of those years it has truly changed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.biofortified.org/2010/03/planting-for-a-greener-yield/</link>
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		<title>What if Bt saved human lives?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was in grad school, there was a lab in our department that studied intestinal parasitic roundworms.  Although this wasn’t related to what I was doing in any way—everyone who has been to grad school will know that you attend the department seminars for the donuts and/or pizza no matter what the topic is.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.biofortified.org/2010/03/what-if-bt-saved-human-lives/</link>
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		<title>Frank at MOSES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone, Frank N. Foode here. Over the weekend, I went to the MOSES organic farming conference in La Crosse Wisconsin. It was right on my way across the country so it wasn&#8217;t much of a detour for me. This conference brought farmers, consumers, and seeds from all over the Midwest to attend some workshops [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.biofortified.org/2010/03/frank-at-moses/</link>
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		<title>Silicon Food</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you know the consequences of calling some food “organic” and others not organic?

Comic from Cowbirds in Love by Sanjay Kulkarni. h/t Nathaniel Ginder
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		<link>http://www.biofortified.org/2010/02/silicon-food/</link>
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		<title>Now Serving 9 Billion video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago, a few of us participated in the twitterpated webcast put on by Croplife, BIO and CAST called Now Serving 9 Billion: Global Dialogue on Meeting Food Needs for the Next Generation. We watched a live webcast, sent in questions, and followed the conversation in twitter with the hashtag #agcast. It was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.biofortified.org/2010/02/now-serving-9-billion-video/</link>
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		<title>Going to MOSES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Friday and Saturday, I will be attending the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) Organic Farming Conference (OFC) in La Crosse, Wisconsin. By the time I had hear about it last year, it was too late to go, so this year I had it marked on my calendar, and I contacted the organizers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.biofortified.org/2010/02/going-to-moses/</link>
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		<title>Farmer Suicides in India</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all heard about the tragic suicides of farmers in India, and we&#8217;ve all seen blame placed on Bt cotton. Vandana Shiva has been a leading finger pointer, saying that farmer suicides are due to genetically engineered crops (specifically, due to Monsanto), as in the April 2009 post From Seeds of Suicide to Seeds of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.biofortified.org/2010/02/farmer-suicides-in-india/</link>
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		<title>Escape! Crop-Specific Gene Flow to Wild Relatives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a molecular biologist, most of my work is done on a bench at or below room temperature. I can count on one hand the number of times I&#8217;ve been to a research field because I have more than two fingers. I&#8217;ve never taken a course in ecology, and I&#8217;ve rarely dealt with full, intact [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.biofortified.org/2010/02/escape-crop-specific-gene-flow-to-wild-relatives/</link>
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		<title>Environmentalism gets its own Martin Luther.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been obvious to any independant clear-thinking observer that the environmental movement is in need of a reformation.
As with Christianity over the centuries, over the last 50 years environmentalism&#8217;s done an enormous amount of good. Christianity needed some 1500 years before it&#8217;s wake-up call came on 31 October 1517 when Martin Luther nailed 95 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.biofortified.org/2010/02/environmentalism-gets-its-own-martin-luther/</link>
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