Tonight, CNN awarded it’s selection of heroes, people who made a difference in the world. All good choices of course. The one that stood out for me was the woman who is cultivating 9 acres of land outside of Charlotte, NC, so that inexpensive fresh fruits and vegetables could be accessible to people who might not be able to afford them. Even if we can afford them we tend to make poor choices because we do not know better.
We depend on others to distinguish non-gmo grown food from the gmo grown food. I acknowledge the problem of feeding a growing population and diminishing farmlands. Increasing the need to improve the yield per acre.
My trip across the country this past summer convinced me it is possible that we can feed the population without resorting to gmo seeds.
The women in the above photograph, from the Central Valley of California, still framing where their forefathers settled at the beginning of the 19th century; arriving from Pennsylvania. I spoke with them for a while; they would stand out in any crowd. Happy with farm life and anxious to continue and improve.
Did I monition that Luther Burbank was an ancestor?