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Bigger Picture for Art and Nutrition

I love contemporary art, but these recent sales point out a great frustration. Imagine what people with this kind of money could do by donating a fraction of their budget to helping the organic industry.

Picasso’s “Les Femmes d’Alger (Version ‘O’)” sold for a record $179.4 million with fees at a Christie’s auction on Monday.

The money Bill and Melinda Gates invest in genetic engineering is an even more dramatic example because they actually think they are doing humanity a good service. If just a small fraction of their money could go to teaching people around the world to improve the soil and grow healthy organic food, the positive impact would be far greater. http://www.gatesfoundation.org/what-we-do/global-development/agricultural-development/golden-rice

Just a thought.