Category: philosophy
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Once A Believer, Always A Believer?
I have been reading articles and posts lately about the recent ‘debate’ between Bill Nye the Science Guy and Young Earth Creationist Ken Ham. If you don’t know what I’m referring to, just google “Bill Nye Ken Ham” and you’ll get a long list of articles and posts to choose from, all with a slightly…
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I’ve Looked At GMOs From Both Sides Now
The ping pong match continues. Or maybe its more like a boxing match? If so, we’re at round, oh, I don’t know, about 125 now? Those that see GMOs or transgenic technology as a necessary and valuable tool to steward us onward and forward into our food future versus those who won’t have any of…
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GMO Misinformation Is Attractive
I’ve done a lot of thinking lately about why people are so fervently spreading the anti-GMO rhetoric when so much of it is based on faulty science, hype, fear and propaganda – and they don’t even know it. Dr. Cami Ryan has apparently been thinking about it too and she has an excellent guest post here…
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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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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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We Need A Bridge Of Understanding
Series: The Benevolent Side of GMOs Note: The original title to this post was Progress Can Be A Real Quagmire Today I present another plot twist in the strange – or refreshing (depending on whose side you’re on) story of how I, a former anti-GMO blogger, moderated my views in the course of one month. …
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How to temper an anti-GMO blogger: My story
Series: The Benevolent Side of GMOs My last post marks the beginning of and introduction to my new series about the Benevolent Side of GMOs. In this post, I’m telling my story, the story of exactly how I went from dogmatic, card-carrying member of the anti-GMO movement to someone who has taken a step back…
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Science Is Laughing At Us
Ok readers. It is time to come clean about something that is deeply troubling to me. I have read. I have learned. I have talked to a real scientist. I have even tried to get past the abstract and decipher scientific jargon in a report (epic fail). I have pondered. I have soul searched. I have…
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Two Ironies
Something rather ironic is happening. Just as some US food retailers are beginning to pledge to carry non-GMO foods, grocery chains in the UK are telling their customers that they can no longer insure that chicken feed is free of GMOs. According to Supply Management, The UK grocery store chain Tesco has recently made this…
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Look Out Monsanto: The Global Food Movement Is Rising
Guest post by Daniel Moss of Yes! Used by Permission. Chewing on a mouthful of locally grown lettuce, I wondered if the claims I’d heard about the global food-justice movement were true. Was there a line to follow, however crooked, between my purchase of these greens, land reform in Brazil and opposition to genetically modified…