STANFORD – During the late 1990’s, a singular phenomenon appeared in countries around the world. One after another, food and beverage companies capitulated to activists opposed to a promising new technology: the genetic engineering of plants to produce ingredients.
发自斯坦福——1990年代末期在全球范围内出现了一个特殊的现象。众多食品与饮料生产企业一个接一个地屈服于抗议分子的压力之下，向一个充满前景的新技术——通过基因工程使植物生产出特定成分——说不。而时至今日，这种状况还依然在持续。