By: maryr
So it's OK if the trait come from another tomato but not from another plant or bacteria?
View ArticleBy: Burhanistan
Yeah, I'm surprised people here would push that line that GM is no different from selective breeding. After all, it's so easy to cross breed a tomato species that resists a specific industrial defoliant!
View ArticleBy: five fresh fish
That argument might be a winner—if the GM we're talking about were selective breeding.
View ArticleBy: kafziel
There is no food that is not genetically modified. Selective breeding and crossbreeding to produce ideal species of food plants or food animals is the foundation of agriculture. Carrots used to be...
View ArticleBy: clarknova
That's an ecosystem in the same way that agricultural commodity futures derivatives are family farming.
View ArticleBy: five fresh fish
And because Monsanto has proved itself so trustworthy. Here, have a Monsanto hamburger! GM bun, GM mustard, GM beef fed GM grain, with a GM tomato slice and ketchup, GM soy filler, and a dollop of...
View ArticleBy: sneebler
"...the coexistence approach emphasized seed purity, compensation to farmers for crop contamination, and USDA oversight..." Because RoundUp-ready alfalfa is only used in hermetically sealed fields...
View ArticleBy: maryr
GM crop discussions do not seem to be one of those things the internet does well.
View ArticleBy: Burhanistan
>This anti-GM stuff just kills me. EVERYTHING WE EAT is genetically modified. It is sort of how life works. This is pretty facile. There's a big difference between cross-breeding and manipulating...
View ArticleBy: gjc
This anti-GM stuff just kills me. EVERYTHING WE EAT is genetically modified. It is sort of how life works.
View ArticleBy: gjc
What entices a person to go work for Monsanto? Are they paying twice as much as other companies for comparable positions? Why do you work where you work? Same reasons.
View ArticleBy: spock
OK, but I love Vilsack. He's the first Secretary we've had who's genuinely acknowledged the department's homophobia and racism and done something about it. An illustration of the pitfalls of viewing...
View ArticleBy: catlet
alfalfa is feeding animals so we can have more meat I am more concerned about GM alfalfa's effect on the dairy industry than on the beef side. GM alfalfa in the dairy food chain has huge implications...
View ArticleBy: Westringia F.
acrasis: we in the government are ordered NOT TO BUY FROM WALMART; we must buy from small businesses, especially those run by the handicapped. I'm sure it makes some difference that everyone in...
View ArticleBy: acrasis
Well, policywonk, don't wait for me to defend him on that; that was horrible. The government is increasingly making stupid symbolic actions instead of effecting change (Win the future!). Vilsack fired...
View ArticleBy: l33tpolicywonk
acrasis: "He's the first Secretary we've had who's genuinely acknowledged the department's homophobia and racism and done something about it." While acknowledging that Vilsack has probably made other...
View ArticleBy: acrasis
OK, but I love Vilsack. He's the first Secretary we've had who's genuinely acknowledged the department's homophobia and racism and done something about it.
View ArticleBy: ecourbanist
It wasn't like Obama didn't know what he was getting when he picked Vilsack to head the Dept of Agriculture. WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 20, 2001) – The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today...
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