11-17-2008, 06:52 AM
"...come to my island..."? Isn't Pilago from Oahu too?
"Takemoto said all he's asking is to base the GMO decision on facts and science."
Too much to ask, it seems.
I think fear of the unknown is definitely part of it. When did GMO crops escape from the lab and start killing people?
Maybe I didn't read the paper that day.
How do the GMO companies eliminate competition? Anybody can grow non-GMO if they want. But they don't want. GMO crops, even though they cost more, bring greater returns to the farmer because they can use less pesticides, survive greater temperature extremes and so on. It's progress. It's free market competition.
"Takemoto said all he's asking is to base the GMO decision on facts and science."
Too much to ask, it seems.
I think fear of the unknown is definitely part of it. When did GMO crops escape from the lab and start killing people?
Maybe I didn't read the paper that day.
How do the GMO companies eliminate competition? Anybody can grow non-GMO if they want. But they don't want. GMO crops, even though they cost more, bring greater returns to the farmer because they can use less pesticides, survive greater temperature extremes and so on. It's progress. It's free market competition.