Jeremy Rifkin

So my attorneys brought litigation in the U.S. federal courts. The judge ruled in our favor. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#brought #courts #favor #federal #federal courts

The American public is not aware that there might be potential allergenic and toxic reactions. With regular food, at least people know which foods they have an allergy to. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#american #american public #aware #food #foods

The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled "genetically engineered," the public will shy away and won't take them. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#engineered #foods #genetically #industry #knows

The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#consequences #environmental #examined #genetically #hadn

They're now turning those seeds into intellectual property, so they have a virtual lock on the seeds upon which we all depend for our food and survival. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#food #intellectual #intellectual property #into #lock

We are already producing enough food to feed the world. We already have technology in place that allows us to produce more than we can find a market for. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#already #enough #feed #find #food

We are entering a new phase in human history - one in which fewer and fewer workers will be needed to produce the goods and services for the global population. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#fewer #global #goods #history #human

We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didn't do in the industrial age, and that is to get a leg up on this, to bring the public in quickly, to have an informed debate. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#bring #debate #get #industrial #informed

We were making the first step out of the age of chemistry and physics, and into the age of biology. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#biology #chemistry #first #first step #into

What I'm suggesting to you is that this could be a renaissance. We may be on the cusp of a future which could provide a tremendous leap forward for humanity. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#cusp #forward #future #humanity #i