Rogue Monsanto GM wheat escapes into Canada.

Havana Moon said:
It is early days for gene splicing, what do you imagine could happen in future if crops have animal genes spliced into them? They have already used snail genes in trials. What about insects being genetically engineered, what would be the long term effects of releasing millions of GM insects into the wild? Aren't you uneasy about megacorporations attempting to use patent law to copyright genes in the wild? How about producing GM seeds that cannot reproduce, hence farmers in places like India have buy new seeds every year?
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Hybridized wheat isn't the same as GMO wheat, or is it?.. Where is GMO wheat being grown today?
 
Havana Moon said:
It is early days for gene splicing, what do you imagine could happen in future if crops have animal genes spliced into them? They have already used snail genes in trials. What about insects being genetically engineered, what would be the long term effects of releasing millions of GM insects into the wild? Aren't you uneasy about megacorporations attempting to use patent law to copyright genes in the wild? How about producing GM seeds that cannot reproduce, hence farmers in places like India have buy new seeds every year?
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Alert ! Somebody has hacked maggot's account and made an intelligent contribution. Alert !
 
kudzu said:
Hybridized wheat isn't the same as GMO wheat, or is it?.. Where is GMO wheat being grown today?
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Seriously, I thought you were more clued up than that? There have been many trials but nothing commercial as of yet. Of course the same cannot be said for corn or soya, which is grown all over the USA and is many products.
 
Havana Moon said:
Seriously, I thought you were more clued up than that? There have been many trials but nothing commercial as of yet. Of course the same cannot be said for corn or soya, which is grown all over the USA and is many products.
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Are you saying the genetics of corn and soya have been modified with animal genes?
 
Sailor said:
Commercial farmers do not save seeds. To unreliable for replanting. Hobby farmers maybe.
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Non hybrid seeds can be counted on to reliably reproduce Cap.
Small time organic farming is a good living these days due to the farmers markets having taken hold.
Seed costs are one of the perils of commercial farming and the use of heritage seeds on a small scale is a big advantage.
You could call them hobby farms but a right size farm in a good market area can a living so it is still commercial.
 
kudzu said:
Are you saying the genetics of corn and soya have been modified with animal genes?
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There have been some attempts at it but I am not aware of it being successful yet. Read somewhere they tried introducing a fish gene into tomatoes to make them more cold hardy.

GMO's are not inherently evil. A lot of the work is going into fortifying existing produce with additional nutritional content. Increased beta carotene is a common target as many third worlders have shown significant deficiencies of it in their diet.
 
PostmodernProphet said:
I've been reading it and no one has made that claim.......you're a fucking idiot......
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You obviously have a real serious reading problem. Did you read Rune's post or this one?


It is early days for gene splicing, what do you imagine could happen in future if crops have animal genes spliced into them? They have already used snail genes in trials. What about insects being genetically engineered, what would be the long term effects of releasing millions of GM insects into the wild? Aren't you uneasy about megacorporations attempting to use patent law to copyright genes in the wild? How about producing GM seeds that cannot reproduce, hence farmers in places like India have buy new seeds every year?

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kudzu said:
You obviously have a real serious reading problem. Did you read Rune's post or this one?


It is early days for gene splicing, what do you imagine could happen in future if crops have animal genes spliced into them? They have already used snail genes in trials. What about insects being genetically engineered, what would be the long term effects of releasing millions of GM insects into the wild? Aren't you uneasy about megacorporations attempting to use patent law to copyright genes in the wild? How about producing GM seeds that cannot reproduce, hence farmers in places like India have buy new seeds every year?

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there have been attempts to create genetically modified insects that be a dominant species but a tendency to become sterile......you cannot splice animal and vegetable genes......
 
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