Ronald Bailey on the Fable of Hawaiian Frankencorn
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Hawaii is the epicenter of a furious campaign to shut down production farms that yield genetically modified seed. It was September, and Ronald Bailey was there to see for himself the "Frankencorn" that haunts activists' choleric imaginations. Bailey says the chief goal of the anti-GMO campaigners is to disrupt the progress of the technology they abhor by spreading disinformation to frighten the citizens of Hawaii. Sadly, they are succeeding.