Global Food Security

Borlaug's wheat had a substantial impact on global food security. The wheat variety is credited with saving millions of people from starvation. The wheat improved food availability through its transformative impact on agricultural production. The article states that one corporation controls about one-quarter of global seeds and therefore a quarter of the world's food supply. Bayer's acquisition of Monsanto is presented as increasing concentration in agricultural control. The article asserts that citizens have a right to choose food not altered by corporate changes to the food supply's genetic code.