07-15-2015, 04:23 PM
Well, I have to disagree. I hear papaya on the big island was engineered to be resistant to disease, but that's not the case with virtually all GMO crops today, which is designed to withstand chemicals that would otherwise kill the plant. Sure, there could be valid use for genetic engineering, but resistance to these chemicals are opening up a whole new can of worms, which is the reasons why many scientists are reconsidering.
Monoculture fields aren't such a great idea either, neither is the business of making money from licensing plants/food.
Problem is, you can't really talk about GMO without talking about the biggest practitioners of the technology...the Monsanto/Syngenta/Bayer/Dows of the world. What's scary is that they don't have a good solution to what comes next, except to use even stronger chemicals in larger quantities.
When is it boneheaded to not to want to eat GMO? And if your business hinges on hiding facts about what you're selling, it doesn't sound like a good business at all. Brainwashed is not questioning what you're being told. It's certainly not accepting a for-profit corporation's claims that you should trust what you're being fed. This science is not conclusive, it's still in the testing stages.
If you want to keep your paradise, you have to be vigilant.
I am curious though, bananahead, what do you think of the people that live next to the GMO seed farms in Kauai? Think they're just psychosomatic loons who are making up the medical conditions they're claiming to suffer?
Monoculture fields aren't such a great idea either, neither is the business of making money from licensing plants/food.
Problem is, you can't really talk about GMO without talking about the biggest practitioners of the technology...the Monsanto/Syngenta/Bayer/Dows of the world. What's scary is that they don't have a good solution to what comes next, except to use even stronger chemicals in larger quantities.
When is it boneheaded to not to want to eat GMO? And if your business hinges on hiding facts about what you're selling, it doesn't sound like a good business at all. Brainwashed is not questioning what you're being told. It's certainly not accepting a for-profit corporation's claims that you should trust what you're being fed. This science is not conclusive, it's still in the testing stages.
If you want to keep your paradise, you have to be vigilant.
I am curious though, bananahead, what do you think of the people that live next to the GMO seed farms in Kauai? Think they're just psychosomatic loons who are making up the medical conditions they're claiming to suffer?