03-01-2015, 07:47 AM
Kalakoa...
In general domesticated crops and animals are called domesticated because they have trouble or simply cannot survive in natural ecosystems without assistance from man.
No doubt some crops will escape and proliferate in the wild but in terms of domesticated crops ('GMO' or conventional) this is rare.
That aside were talking about labeling and I specifically was talking about since there isn't that many crops approved for commercial production it isn't that hard to determine which foods on the shelf probably contain 'GMO' ingredients. Think it over again...the fact that not many have been approved for commercial production is relevant to being able to determine which foods on the shelf may be 'GMO' without the use of a label, yes?
In terms of the bigger picture - say the environment and escapes - it may not be relevant that there are few approved for commercial use. But that wasn't what I was talking about in my post. Just FYI.
And I agree! The state / county has no authority in this are it is just a waste of time.
However, it is amusing to note that Maui County banned watermelon and a number of other non-GMO crops because they are polyploids produced by chromosome doubling (not a GMO technique). Funny what uneducated people think they know about the topic - even those who are in the county council.
In general domesticated crops and animals are called domesticated because they have trouble or simply cannot survive in natural ecosystems without assistance from man.
No doubt some crops will escape and proliferate in the wild but in terms of domesticated crops ('GMO' or conventional) this is rare.
That aside were talking about labeling and I specifically was talking about since there isn't that many crops approved for commercial production it isn't that hard to determine which foods on the shelf probably contain 'GMO' ingredients. Think it over again...the fact that not many have been approved for commercial production is relevant to being able to determine which foods on the shelf may be 'GMO' without the use of a label, yes?
In terms of the bigger picture - say the environment and escapes - it may not be relevant that there are few approved for commercial use. But that wasn't what I was talking about in my post. Just FYI.
And I agree! The state / county has no authority in this are it is just a waste of time.
However, it is amusing to note that Maui County banned watermelon and a number of other non-GMO crops because they are polyploids produced by chromosome doubling (not a GMO technique). Funny what uneducated people think they know about the topic - even those who are in the county council.