Reason offers a good question this Earth Day –
Yielding to Ideology Over Science: Why don’t environmentalists celebrate modern farming on Earth Day? In the past 50 years, crop yields have more than doubled while global land area devoted to agriculture increased just 5 percent. This is because modern farming practices, including biotech enhanced crops, have dramatically boosted crop productivity.
So why do so many environmental activists refuse to acknowledge these facts? Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey examines that question as he picks apart a new report attacking biotech crops from the advocacy group Union of Concerned Scientists.