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This broadcast brings listeners inside the Canadian biotech industry, with recordings and interviews from last year's 55th annual CropLife Canada conference, titled "The Power of Partnerships -- The New Bio-Economy: Accelerating Change and Achieving Prosperity."
Attending the conference were biotech bigwigs from the most influential corporations in the country, including Cargill, Monsanto and Syngenta, as well as a large contingent of bureaucrats from Agriculture and Agro-Food Canada.
This episode features segments from keynote speaker Juan Enriquez's presentation, and guest panelists from the National Farmers Union and the Institute for Responsible Technology who responded to some of the messages coming out of Canada's conventional agriculture sector.
Guests
Juan Enriquez, chairman/CEO, Biotechonomy (Boston, MA) -- An author, businessman and academic, Juan is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on the economic and political impacts of life sciences. Biotechonomy LLC is a life sciences research and investment firm. Juan was the founding director of the Harvard Business School Life Sciences Project and author of "As the Future Catches You: How Genomics & Other Forces are Changing Your Life, Work, Health & Wealth."
Terry Pugh, executive secretary, National Farmers Union (Saskatoon, SK) -- The NFU works on the non-partisan development of economic and social policies that will maintain the family farm as the basic food-producing unit in Canada. To help realize this goal, the NFU and its members work to create, expand and safeguard orderly marketing and supply-management systems. NFU members believe that individual farmers must work collectively to assert their interests in an agricultural industry increasingly dominated by large corporations.
Jeffrey Smith, executive director, Institute for Responsible Technology (Fairfield, IA) -- The IRT was founded in 2003 by Jeffrey Smith to promote the responsible use of technology and stop GM foods and crops through both grassroots and national strategies.
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