Month: September 2013
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A Shot In the Arm From One Kind Reader
Since the start of my blog in September, 2012, I have always been curious about who reads it. I know people do because the hit counter steadily climbs and the world map lights up – ever reminding me that people are reading in countries like Guernsey, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Namibia or Brunei Darussalam. 126 […]
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Do Corporations Really Dominate Farming?
Food and ag writer Tom Philpott of Mother Jones certainly has kept my attention through my own evolution from anti-GMO to pro-science supporter of GMOs. He used to be my hero. When it comes to recombinant DNA technology or genetic engineering in general, he mostly writes on the side of the antis but every now […]
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On The Subject Of GMO
Originally posted on The Noise:
So much for telling myself I wasn’t going to blog until Monday. On September 6th, Scientific American’s editorial board wrote an article in which they come out against labeling Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) food. And that’s good enough for me. Maybe it will put an end, once and for all,… -
Is Jeffrey Smith Blinded By His Own Light?
SP is back! SP (initials used by his request) recently made my acquaintance via email and shared his essay My Thoughts On GMOs, which I published to very positive reviews back on September 4. SP is an American expatriot who was living in Ecuador but is soon jetting off to Tibet and who also happens […]
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Volunteer GM Corn?
These are photos of a somewhat scraggly and very mysterious volunteer corn stalk that appeared in my front yard. When it first appeared, I wasn’t sure what it was so I let it grow and in a very short time it became what you see here. The silk has emerged and elongated. According to what […]
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Celebrating One Year!
I knew my one year blog anniversary was coming up but I honestly thought it was September 12. This morning when I logged into Sleuth4Health I noticed a strange, bright symbol up in the corner of my dashboard so of course, I clicked on it and out popped “Happy Anniversary with WordPress.com!” So, indeed, today […]
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“GMO OMG” Documentary Revisited
I just read an excellent review written by Farris Jabr on his blog Brainwaves at Scientific American of the upcoming and long-hyped documentary GMO OMG by Jeremy Seifert. The hype leading up to this soon-to-be released documentary goes back months and months all the way to my anti-GMO days, before I saw the light last […]
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I Love Football
I just ended my first week of teaching for the year. Wow. Big changes for me this year. New building. Completely different demographic and schedule. I have my work cut out for me. I think changing jobs at my age ranks high on the stress scale. Doesn’t it say that somewhere? Sleuth4Health is a little […]
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‘My Thoughts On GMOs’ By Expat Living in Ecuador
As stated in yesterday’s post, I was recently contacted via email by SP, a science-writer expatriate living in Ecuador. He had a friendly way and a unique perspective as someone living in a place people go to get away from GMOs and other such so-called hazards. Yesterday I posted our brief email exchange. Today I […]
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American Expat Living In Anti-GMO Haven Ecuador Offers Perspective
Not long ago I received an email in my sleuth4health inbox. The tone of the email was friendly, encouraging and basically in agreement with Sleuth4Health that GMOs are as safe as conventional food. Since the individual had taken the time to write, had an informed opinion about GMOs, and was living what seemed to me […]
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