Tag: agriculture
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Anti-GMO Activism In Europe Just As Frustrating To Scientists There As Here In US
American anti-GMO activists often use the notion that ‘Europeans have banned GMO production so it must be bad’ as a rallying cry as to why we should follow suit in the US. The truth is that scientists are just as supportive of GM technology there as they are here but are even more bound by…
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The First World Causing Problems
Originally posted on The Skeptical Beard: Have you ever thought about how lucky you are? Site traffic tells me that most of you are from very tech-savvy nations. You probably don’t worry about catching deadly diseases or whether you’ll have a roof over your head tonight or where your next meal is coming from. We…
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Another One Bites The Dust (Of Reason)
Well, well, well, Mr. Bill Nye appears to be the latest GMOs-Are-Actually-Pretty-Neat-Come-Lately. Welcome to the fold, Mr. Nye. I doubt many science types are surprised that you eventually got here, even if it took you awhile. Apparently a face-to-face encounter with Monsanto scientists was enough for the science guy to stop questioning the safety, utility…
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Yay Oregon!
The meta-analysis reveals robust evidence of GM crop benefits for farmers in developed and developing countries. Such evidence may help to gradually increase public trust in this technology. -A Meta-Analysis of the Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops/Klümper, Qaim Recently on twitter I was made fun of, called ridiculous, a music teacher of all things, …
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Let The Costly Irrationality Begin
Things are heating up in my home state of Oregon. This is the first of likely several more posts I will make regarding the upcoming election. I am specifically referring to ballot measure 92 which will appear on the November ballot, the campaign to label GM foods – only in Oregon, a state with a…
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Thought Creationists Were Irritating, Until the Anti#GMO Crowd Showed Up!
Want to make yourself public enemy number one in an instant? Say something, anything, that might be construed as a case for GMOs and it is a foregone conclusion. Are you a popular celebrity? Are you a household name? Has your knowledge and expertise been highly regarded in every other way up until now? Are…
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Luxury GMOs! Oh boy!
Wine and Chocolate, Wikimedia Commons Wine and chocolate are to be enjoyed. Isn’t that just part of living in a privileged society? I know in my monthly book club it is. But I also know we take it completely for granted. We have never asked ourselves what a book club meeting would be like without…
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Who Ya Gonna Call?
In keeping with my recent posts of a series of brief videos on singular topics concerning GMOs, here are the next three installments. The interviews are conducted between Green State TV and University of Florida plant geneticist Dr. Kevin Folta. Part 6: A compact exploration of the term “frankenfood” and what it really means. Part…
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Pretty Nifty GM Tomatoes
Shortly after my conversion from anti-GMO blogger to pro-science observer and rational thinker, I ran a series in Sleuth4Health called The Benevolent side of GMOs in which I highlighted spedific GMOs, science, and farming practices that I found to be beneficial to mankind. Some examples are the Arctic Apple, Simplot Potato, Hawaian Papaya, Golden Rice.…