Posted on 07/29/2014 7:58:47 AM PDT by Kaslin
Michelle O Partners With Big Food Company to Promote Genetically Modified Foods
Most folks think that GMO plants are simply hybridized to resist bugs, weed killer etc; they need to know that these seeds are sliced genetically with bacteria (to produce a bug resistant characteristic) other biologics (frogs)and organic chemicals to provide weed killer resistance/tolerance. These genetic splices create non-natural components to the products derived from the crop.
With little or no testing for long term impacts, if any, are simply unknown. That’s the way big ag and the big gov like it. Lots of food, but little awareness of any potential harm.
A big after-affect is that many of these GMO plants cannot reproduce-potentially resulting in monopoly of food production....
Anti-GMOs are not doing their own due diligence, and the non-GMO labeling rules are going to be to the detriment of the populace - particularly the poor.
And for the rabid Organics - most food borne illnesses in America are from organic foods, courtesy of their special fertilizer.
Yes, we need Big Government to step and regulate, regulate, regulate.
The fear mongers cannot identify ONE PERSON who has gotten sick from GMO crops because they are GMO. The world is awash with plentiful, inexpensive food in part due to GMO use.
At some time in the future there will be basically two kinds of people. Those that eat GM foods and those that starve. — Captain Compassion
Absolutely right. And people are so much healthier, too. Hospitals and clinics are going out of business right and left. Doctors and nurses are flooding the unemployment rolls. Medical schools are competing for students. Pharmaceutical stocks are tanking. Etc.
In fact, it seems the only serious problem is myopia.
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Absolutely right. And people are so much healthier, too.
Worldwide, they are - adequate nutrition is a tremendous boon to health. In the USA, an aging population and poor personal habits - such as smoking tobacco (GM or non) and eating junk food (GM or non) - are the primary drivers of health care consumption.
I have no problem eating GMO foods but I have a huge problem with the thuggish business practices of Monsanto backed by jack-booted FedMob agencies and courts.
You’re right: Compared to starvation, even GMO is healthy.
So is dumpster-diving.
Neither is considered by the CDC to be a “primary driver of health care consumption”, so perhaps you would recommend them.
Responsible business does not need regulation.
GMO seed making IS about Monsanto and others seeking to (a) monopolize the seed base for basic crops, to (b) seed bases that require the use of their herbicides and pesticides, (c) which they make more money off on than the seeds themselves.
In the end, the world’s main food crops are shrinking massively in terms of the variety of seeds they are based on.
No matter what arrogant man tries to do, narrowing the seed base of major crops in the extreme always, sooner or later, spells disaster, as some unforeseen consequence or some “natural” calamity, brings an unforeseen circumstance that an extremely narrow seed base lacks few candidates up to the challenge for.
That, not mere potatoes themselves, was the cause of the Irish famine. THEIR potato crop had, by machinations of the British colonials become the overwhelming dominant crop of Ireland AND it had been focused on mostly one strain of potato. When a crop disease hit the potato crops of Europe most of Europe did not experience famine or lose nearly all their potatoes. What potatoes they were growing comprised a variety of strains, with enough strains that had what they needed to survive; unlike Ireland.
The seeds for corn and soybeans, do to GMO progress around the world, have been reduced to 60-80% of the crop using just a few strains, and that is progressing into even less variety remaining.
The opposite can be said for the growing seed monopolies of Monstanto.
Conservatives need to admit that the adage “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely” is a fact of human nature and its applicability goes to every sphere, not just government.
I’m waiting for someone to actually defend GMO safety with an argument other than “there’s lots of food” or “there are worse things to eat”.
Meanwhile, our deteriorating health ought to stir up our thinking a bit. Sheesh, even the vegan idiots know there’s a problem. Their ideology prevents them from discovering the root of and the solution to it. But at least they’re not walking around as blind as some on FreeRepublic.
There are many avenues of investigation for the taking. But first you’ll have to take off the Monsanto-colored glasses.
Sounds like a great argument to me. I prefer eating to starving - your mileage may vary.
Meanwhile, our deteriorating health ought to stir up our thinking a bit.
Based on the available evidence, you may as well blame it on sunspots as on GMOs.
For some, the problem is indeed myopia.
Others simply don’t want to see.
My garden is less than an eighth of an acre. the waste from it feeds the chickens. The waste from the chickens feeds the garden. And they both feed me. No watering. No fertilizer. No insecticides. I don't really even need the grocery store anymore, providing that I can hunt.
Soon I will have an Aquaponic greenhouse. That will deliver fresh produce, almost year-round. It will also deliver a couple hundred pounds of Talapia and Perch.
I am by no means starving, and I am continuing to be healed from major arthritis and fibromyalgia. My allergies are *gone*, with the exception of chemical allergies (which are greatly reduced).
You might consider my case subjective, but I know many people with a similar story.
The 'organic' food, which has somehow gotten a slur attached to the definition, is the very SAME means, methods, and foods which fed this country in my grandfather's day. Don't knock it till you've tried it. You will find it provides foods that are VASTLY superior to anything you can buy in the store.
In a word, you have been lied to.
I am by no means starving
Nor I - nor would I in a world without GMOs (although many in other parts of that world might). I referred to starving to highlight the significance of the “there’s lots of food” argument that LearsFool so lightly dismissed.
Don't knock it till you've tried it.
I've never knocked it - but living in the suburbs I'm not in a position to try it. Glad it's working out for you.
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