Richard Wallace Interview

-We discussed how professors can be both educators and advocators, and while many people attempt to separate those two roles that isn't always the best method, particularly in environmental studies. -We talked about how companies like Monsanto accumulate large amounts of power. Currently Monsanto nearly monopolizes the GMO market, a fact which affords them a dangerous amount of power in the production and regulation of GM crops. -We talked about how the public occasionally misunderstands that GM crops aren't dangerous to consume, based on current evidence. Moreover, we discussed that this misunderstanding persists because fear-mongering is so effective. -We talked about which methods of farming would be most sustainable in the face of climate change -Finally we discussed how we, as students advocates and citizens can continue to oppose structures of power in our lives.