Every time I look at the events in farmers' world (something that I highly recommend to every city intellectual as this really helps understand the big picture), I emit a silent scream. The latest news is gassing (like in a special gas chamber) of 110,000 chicken in Scotland.
Patented lab-grown food, I must add. It is hard for a corporation to patent a normal plant or animal, so they want GM or, better yet, proprietary lab-grown horror. If farms crumble under the pretext of the current situation, Ag Tech will celebrate removal of competition.