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Originally Posted by LizAEBN
I don't really give a shit about GMOs - there's a lotta noise about it, and has been, but frankly: Hi, read some Mendel. This isn't new stuff, and nature does it anyhow. If we dropped the chemical fertilisers and pesticides 'n all of that, we wouldn't even need to sweat how to make veggies that evade cutworm. 'Cos guess what? Tomatoes will BREED THEMSELVES to do it!
NEAT! Lookit nature GO.
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Sorry for the hijack, but GAH, that bugs me.
I do most of my shopping "around the edges" of the store, 'cos I am a fan of doing things from the start - that way I know what's in my food.
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The problem with gmo is more political in nature. Since companies have been able to patent life forms, firms like Mons anto have locked up crops.
Its in this film, but well known. Mon santo wants 100 per cent of all the soy crops in the world to be "owned" by them and they spare no expense protecting their patent. If you have a field next to a round up ready field and their is cross pollination and then you harvest the seeds, M onsanto will legally put you out of business for patent theft.
Which crop will be next? That is the issue. The food might be safe, but chemical companies will decide the source. Imagine the power of controlling food. It is ultimately more powerful than oil or information.
It doesn't matter if you abandon the centre aisles and shop the perimeter, you will lose the freedom to choose and ultimately the price you pay will be fixed and the free market goes out the window. It pretty much is at the moment, but soon the "pretty much" will be gone.
BTW, I am not guilt free. I once did a campaign for Monsan to on Round Up Ready. In my defense, it was before I understood the import of what they are actually doing.