While we on this side of the pond obsess with Tiger Woods and his multiple infidelities, a team of scientists are gathering in India to discuss how to feed our growing world. By 2050, our planet’s farms will need to feed nine billion people… effectively, we need to double world food productivity using less land and water and fewer soil nutrients. And the scientists are breaking out of their usual non-confrontational stances, speaking up for modern agricultural techniques (and the billions who rely on this technology for access to cheap foodstuffs).

For one, Cornell University Professor Ronald Herring piped in with this: “While recombinant DNA technology has been widely accepted for pharmaceutical products, despite the high risks involved, the same technology has run into opposition in its application in food crops though there is no known risk.”

That’s a pretty powerful statement. It’s even more powerful when you pair that with Biologistics International’s Shanthu Shantaram, who alleged that the campaign unleashed by the anti-GM lobby was based on misinformation, disinformation and outright falsehood. Based on some of what we’ve seen bandied around, this doesn’t come as too much of a surprise to us. After all, Jerry Bruckheimer seems like he’s already on a one-man mission to stop modern science from using biotech crops to feed our world.

What do you think? Is there an “anti-GM lobby”? Can we ascribe all the misinformation and bunk science as having been crafted by groups with dubious scientific credentials? Let us know what you think!