06-16-2014, 12:21 PM
I guess it depends on the definition of "farmer" one uses. Multi-national corporations are not farmers. An individual is a farmer.
Be honest here Mr. Ha - the "rules" as you call them, were changed by the GMO folks and done in as much secrecy as possible from the public and you know it.
All anyone wanted in the beginning was to know what was being grown next door and what was being introduced into our food, simple disclosure and labeling. The GMO folks were not willing compromise even so little as to come to the table to discuss it. So they now have an all out, no compromise approach to an outright ban on GMO's.
If the GMO folks had been willing to compromise just a little in the beginning, they wouldn't have the backlash they are are experiencing now.
Will be interesting to see how the GMO "farmers" handle the contamination of their neighbors non-GMO fields in the future. I wonder what the GMO folks would say and do if their fields were to be contaminated by an outside source, from a neighboring field, or upstream source?
As a non-GMO farmer yourself, you know we don't need GMO farming here. There is no reason to have it here.
All the people want is to know without a doubt that the use of chemicals, GMO's, and biotech is being done with transparency. That is fair treatment.
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Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.
Be honest here Mr. Ha - the "rules" as you call them, were changed by the GMO folks and done in as much secrecy as possible from the public and you know it.
All anyone wanted in the beginning was to know what was being grown next door and what was being introduced into our food, simple disclosure and labeling. The GMO folks were not willing compromise even so little as to come to the table to discuss it. So they now have an all out, no compromise approach to an outright ban on GMO's.
If the GMO folks had been willing to compromise just a little in the beginning, they wouldn't have the backlash they are are experiencing now.
Will be interesting to see how the GMO "farmers" handle the contamination of their neighbors non-GMO fields in the future. I wonder what the GMO folks would say and do if their fields were to be contaminated by an outside source, from a neighboring field, or upstream source?
As a non-GMO farmer yourself, you know we don't need GMO farming here. There is no reason to have it here.
All the people want is to know without a doubt that the use of chemicals, GMO's, and biotech is being done with transparency. That is fair treatment.
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Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.
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Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.
Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.