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A Cultural History of Art Bell

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Patrick Roy Mooney

Patrick Roy Mooney

Investigation

Patrick Roy Mooney is an international policy advocate and head of the Rural Advancement Foundation International recognized for coining the term "Terminator" to describe sterile seed genetic technology developed by the USDA and Delta Pine Land Company. As a biotechnology watchdog on late-night radio, his warnings about corporate control of the global food supply through genetic seed modification raised urgent questions about the future of agricultural independence.

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Episode thumbnail for January 26, 1999: Terminator Seed Technology - Patrick Roy Mooney

January 26, 1999: Terminator Seed Technology - Patrick Roy Mooney

Jan 26, 1999
2h 54m
Art Bell speaks with Patrick Roy Mooney of the Rural Advancement Foundation International about a jointly developed technology between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Delta and Pine Land Company that genetically alters plants so the seeds they produce are sterile. Mooney, who coined the term "Terminator"...