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 Posted By: Cook Chatty Cathy 
Sep 17  # 31 of 43
Quote CanMan wrote:
Yes, this is a food forum and the world organizations, especially the United States, has been heavily involved in finding ways for farmers to improve their output, quality, and protection from pests, etc., so the bulging population of the world, especially in developing countries, can feed themselves.........and then the people complain about people messing around with their 'natural' food.

Apparently that won't be much of an issue much longer since it appears that Mother Nature has decided to make farming and gardening in most of the world a total disaster. Even in California we have farmers not able to grow crops because they have no water.


You are right many people do like to complain about genetic engineering of food and on and on the complaints go! But when you look at the BIG PICTURE and LONG TERM GOAL of trying to provide food for the masses it makes me rather thankful, and glad that the scientists are at least trying to help mankind. Thank God for their efforts and of-course the many wonderful advances that have been made!
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 Posted By: Bubba707 
Sep 17  # 32 of 43
The only part of genetic engineering of crops I object to is the seed from the crop is sterile and can't be saved to start a new crop forcing farmers to buy all the seed for the next years crop from the ag corporations. This little feature was deliberately engineered in to increase corporate profits and completely control production. ADM and Monsanto got some heat for it a few years ago but nothing was done about it.
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 Posted By: CanMan 
Sep 17  # 33 of 43
And as we find in our seedless watermelons, seedless oranges, etc., and in all our annual seeds that we buy from the local stores because we can't regrow anything from them.
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 Posted By: Cook Chatty Cathy 
Sep 17  # 34 of 43
Quote CanMan wrote:
And as we find in our seedless watermelons, seedless oranges, etc., and in all our annual seeds that we buy from the local stores because we can't regrow anything from them.


AND That is why I love heirloom seeds exclusively!!!!:)

GO Heirloom whenever you can!!!!! Like the old song says "if it was good enough for my grandpa it's good enough for me"!
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 Posted By: chubbyalaskagriz 
Sep 18  # 35 of 43
I am a very opinionated person- not always right, mind you. But very opinionated. And I never begrudge anyone else their own opinion, either. That said- I feel there's a proper time and place, and should be an expected high standard of manners in sharing one's personal viewpoints- and in turn- in listening to others' viewpoints, as well... It's just that some opinions have more of an "entertainment value" rather than any educational merit. I love hearing whacko theories. I love Roswell stories... I love abduction tales... I also have a personal faith, though don't take a lot of religious teachings literally (Crossing the Red Sea? Building an Arc big enuf to hold two of every species in creation? Billions of people descended from one man and another being created from just a rib?) And who knows- they may even one day be proven to be true. But I refuse not to incorporate the LOGIC the good Lord gave me, into the process. Again- I love to laugh, so I find some level of value in it all- but I ain't ever been one to drink kool-aid! :)