BUS-G 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lifesaving, Tax, Stamen
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Start-up bioscience company: 20 employees (very small, huge potential, has a patent protection. Market as a life-saving drug: can save 2 million lives. Anti gmo movement: japan: largely against gmo, can contaminate tradition rice. 500 million evaluation of rice in california. Over 100000 employed in the rice field directly. Us is ranked 2nd in exports in world rice trade. Allies of ventria: who, red cross, unicef, doctors without boarders. For 8 years, ventria has been a cost for investor: uc-davis. Incubation center, employees from there: crc (california rice commission) Has influence over the secretary of agriculture. Ventria sets precedent and makes future gmo business easier: pharmaceutical companies/instant formula/military. Will stop buying california rice if ventria plants their rice. Denied ventria, take more time to think about this: activists. Environmental groups, food safety groups, friends of the earth. Message from the heart: influences voters: traditional rice farmers. Left california, went to missouri: paired with northwest missouri state.
