In this second program on global food issues, Dr. Solomon Katz addresses his views on the growing trend toward patenting biological life forms, the impact of climate change and its accelerating intensities on desertification of land masses, as well as the melting glaciers that are raising sea levels that cause the salinization of soils that are toxic to plants. He advocates for the preservation of rural and traditional ways of agriculture in the increasing hybridization of the traditional with the new technologies in agricultural sciences. Dr. Katz discusses the importance of engaging with rel
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