Tag: Big Ag
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No Organisms Left In The Products – Let Alone GM Ones
Today I am reviewing a brief video that packs a punch – titled GMOs and Health Safety, presented May 9 of this year at the UCLA Women’s Health Conference. The speaker is Alan McHughen. an Oxford-educated molecular geneticist with a focus on crop improvement and sustainability. There are four things I especially appreciate about this […]
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Show “The Doctors” Has Hint of Rationality Regarding Glyphosate (Roundup)
Earlier this week I was putzing around my house in the afternoon with the TV blaring to keep me company and ABC’s show The Doctors came on. I’ve always put this show, perhaps mistakenly, in the same category as Dr. Oz, mainly because these types of shows come off, to me anyway, as generally somewhat […]
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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… -
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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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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Are GMOs Dangerous – Like, At All?
Here are the final two installments of the 10-part short video series put out by Greenstate TV titled “GMO Mythbusting”. This is an excellent at-a-glance series that so aptly touches on some of the main points of the public outcry against GMOs. The snippets are easily digestible and provide just enough information to hopefully make […]
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Ten Part Series: GMO Mythbusting
Greenstate TV, a website with a subheading that reads: exploring agriculture’s surprising role in solving modern global challenges, puts out short videos about GMOs and other related agriculture topics. Rick, the interviewer conducts the tête–à–têtes over skype. For short little snippets of reliable information or pro-science opinions, the videos fit the bill. Rick even interviewed yours […]
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European Farmers Voice ‘Deep Concern’ About GM Policies
It would be nice if farmers worldwide could decide their own fate, how they wanted to farm, what technologies they wanted to utilize to make operations more efficient, sustainable or environmentally friendly. For an example of how frustrating that desire currently is to many farmers and farm groups in Europe, see the article below by […]
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The European Union’s opposition to GM crops has nothing to do with safety
Below is a gem of an article published a few days ago at Biofortified.org – one of my “go to” websites. So much attention is given to the fact that Europe bans the cultivation and importation of most genetically modified food. The widely accepted perception in the US is that safety is at the heart […]
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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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