…… One of Sven’s greatest talents must have been the ability to spot unique people and ideas before anyone else. He and Olle would bring them into the ever-expanding network of the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, ask them to contribute to Development Dialogue, and then stay connected with them forever. People leading new and alternative thinking on health, media, disarmament, science, technology, agriculture, ecology, education, pharmaceuticals, the global economy, UN reform, and any other conceivable, important topic were spotted and brought together. A young Pat Mooney was one such character. Sven realized before anyone else that this Canadian activist had an ability to see things in entirely new and almost prophetic ways. Soon enough Pat found himself writing, pushed by Sven, what became a ground-breaking monograph issue of Development Dialogue revealing a completely new perspective on seeds and corporate concentration to the world….

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