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 Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 5:47 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:30 pm
Projects that are not only boring, but obsolete, are the worst!
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Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:05 pm
GM foods?
is that like General Mills?
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Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:21 pm
chessiejo GM foods? is that like General Mills? Genetically modified!
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:40 am
dya know what about like about that Gm stuff?
the companies patent the seed and then no farmer can grow new seed, they have to buy more from the company.
i know native americans who are fighting to save seed corn from becoming obsolete.
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:04 am
There was a huge thing about that when UH tried to patent a taro species. To the Hawaiians the Taro is sacred, and they went crazy over the news.
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:01 am
Yeah, the saving seeds issue is pretty controversial. From what I read, the seeds which come from a lot of hybrid crops (i.e. not GM) actually give really poor yields, so a lot of farmers are buying new seed every season anyway. And if GM crops really ARE more profitable, then it isn't really an issue. Trouble is, GM seeds aren't always going to be more profitable, and it's a lot more of an issue for farmers in developing countries.
Stemming on from your point about the Native Americans, I remember seeing a documentary about seed banks. Apparently diversity of seeds is potentially becoming a problem, with only a few strains being used worldwide and 3 or 4 companies in control of them. There was some statistic like, some major crops have lost 80% of their diversity in the past century.
For a random fact, apparently GM papaya saved the Hawaiian papaya industry...
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