George McGovern, the U.S. delegate to the United Nations agencies on food and agriculture, pleaded with President Bush earlier this week to support the U.N. plan for ending hunger. One of the centerpieces of the plan is the global distribution of genetically improved foods. As McGovern (a big Consumer Freedom supporter) says, “The scientific, biotechnical improvements in both the quality and quantity of foods is a major breakthrough. It must not be stymied by voices raised against the hypothetical, while real disease and starvation threaten millions of people.”
