US: SAF lends support for funding biotech education
Alongside nearly 70 other organizations representing agriculture or engaged in agricultural research, SAF signed a letter sent to members of the House Appropriations Committee which helped defeat an amendment to the agriculture appropriations bill that would have stripped $3 million in funding for biotech consumer education from the bill.
”Biotechnology is an important tool for modern breeding,” said Dr. Marvin Miller, AAF, market research manager at Ball Horticultural in West Chicago, Illinois. “Today, we have the technology to impact a specific gene and can breed for a specific outcome. This is precision that has not been possible using conventional techniques.”
SAF supports biotechnology research as a tool for improving floriculture crops and, in addition, supports research on industrial and environmental applications of biotechnology in areas such as packaging and bioremediation.
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