Month: May 2013
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The Anti-GMO Movement Continues To Disappoint
Here are three questions to ponder today. 1. What does it say about a movement when some of its loudest voices refuse to engage in public discourse with any individuals who may have opinions different from their own? 2. What does it say about a movement when some of its loudest voices freely circulate highly sensationalized […]
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Eugene’s Monsanto March
Originally posted on oregongreen:
On Saturday May 25th there were rallies, protests & marches held around the world against Monsanto, a biotechnology, seed & chemical company. I disagreed with the whole premise of the “march”. I disagree with their view about biotechnology. I disagree with their view about chemicals. I believe in multiple methods of farming.… -
Another Farmer Weighs In
Series: The Benevolent Side of GMOs Today’s post is a continuation of my last post titled In Their Own Words: Farmers Weigh In On GMOs. Growing Season, a website devoted to compiling a yearlong docu-drama about a central Nebraska farming family growing a crop for the year’s harvest, passed along this link to its YouTube […]
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In Their Own Words: Farmers Weigh In on GMOs
Series: The Benevolent Side of GMOs Calling all farmers! Awhile back I put out an open call to farmers who might be interested in answering some questions about their farms and farming practices. I wanted to hear from big operations, little operations, those that use GMOs, those that don’t. The responses were enthusiastic, varied, and […]
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Celebrating 200!
One of the blogs I read, a vegan recipe blog called Vedged Out, recently made a big to do about its 100th post. There were attractive photo links to all the recipes, some name dropping of distinguished followers of the blog, much merriment and a well earned sense of accomplishment. It is a great blog, with […]
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What If Labels Could Educate?
Series: The Benevolent Side of GMOs I wish I could say this headline is mine: Embrace The Biotech In Your Basket. It is not, and I can’t improve upon it. I found the article for this post in a South African blog called Food Stuff. It is written by Dr Leon Van Eck, a […]
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Activist vs. Scientist – Propaganda Style!
Series: The Benevolent Side of GMOs Here is a fun video that does two things – it exposes the silliness and ignorance of the people who are opposing the Arctic Apple (read my recent post about this apple here) and it also subtly, or not so subtly, mocks the propaganda style of videos that anti-GMO […]
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Faith Is Shaken But At Least I Can Eat
Series: The Benevolent Side of GMOs This is another ‘Come To Jesus’ type of article for me. You may have read my first one: Science Is Laughing At Us. You may already know that I went from anti-GMO purveyor of fear to pro-science observer of the technology. If you didn’t know any of this and […]
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Kiss The Boll Worm Goodbye!
Series: The Benevolent Side of GMOs A few posts ago, I put out an open call to farmers in hopes of finding a willing group to participate in a Q & A about GMOs and farming. My hope was and still is to engage farmers who both use and don’t use GMOs. I’ve talked to […]