Month: October 2012
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Scary stuff for Halloween
I really hate to be the bearer of bad news but really, that’s what this blog is about – sharing what I am learning about GMO and the news is mostly bad. It’s as much about me sorting out what I am learning about genetically modified food as it is about something for people to […]
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What is a genetically modified food, really?
Many people think that to genetically modify a plant means to improve it, make it more plentiful or nutritious, ripen it quicker, make it resistant to drought, keep it from freezing, etc. Some think the practice has been a part of agriculture for centuries, or that it’s the same thing as, say, hybridizing tomatoes or […]
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A million a day keeps the labels away
I found this article (not exactly an Op-ed but in the same ballpark) written by Mark Bittman, food writer for the New York Times – a publication far removed from California where all the hullabaloo is happening around Prop 37, the proposal that asks voters to cast yes votes for labeling of most foods that […]
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To everything – spin, spin, spin!
Having thought all along that op-ed meant “opinion editorial” – I actually googled the definition to be sure. It doesn’t mean that. It means “opposite the editorial” and non-affiliated writers write op-eds. In this case, a piece that I ran across today appears in Forbes and when I read it I was outraged. I was […]
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Big Business ad blitz might be working
The yes on prop 37 effort was enjoying a 26-point lead in the poles until tens of millions of dollars were donated by the Big Businesses who want to see this proposal fail. 19 points of that advantage have recently been smashed by propaganda. Out to confuse and place doubt in voters, this effort is […]
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Thank you Dr. Oz
Yesterday, Dr. Oz devoted a segment of his show to GMO (aired Wednesday, October 18, 2012). “Right now we have no way of knowing which foods have been genetically modified. I believe you should have that right…I prefer to be cautious,” he said, at the conclusion of the segment titled GMO Foods: Are They Dangerous […]
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Some good “news”!
Nice to know that some newspapers are standing up to Biotech. Read here about which California news publications said no to the 36 million dollar propoganda bonanza against prop 37. Well done!
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Pro-GMO articles – maybe not
In an earlier blog I vowed to research articles in favor of GMO food crops and post a few, just to be fair. Well, after reading only two such articles – I know that I can’t honor that promise. I’m much too opinionated and emotionally wrapped up in this topic. An article written by a […]
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